Shloka 27

भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय 54: फल्गुन-प्रतिरोधः, सौबली-व्यूह-विध्वंसः, दुर्योधन-भीष्म-संवादः

Devanagari script

यस्य ते भ्रातर: शूरा: सर्वलोकेषु धन्विन: । अहं च प्रियकृद्‌ राजन सात्यकिश्न महायशा:

Transliteration

yasya te bhrātaraḥ śūrāḥ sarvalokeṣu dhanvinaḥ | ahaṃ ca priyakṛd rājan sātyakiś ca mahāyaśāḥ ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：“大王啊，你的诸位兄弟皆为勇士，名闻诸界，皆是神射之弓手；而我亦一心为你谋福，如同声名显赫的萨底耶吉（Sātyaki）一般。”

Word by Word

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• भ्रातरः: brothers
• भ्रातरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शूराः: heroic, brave
• शूराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शूर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वलोकेषु: in all worlds/among all peoples
• सर्वलोकेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वलोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• धन्विनः: archers, bowmen
• धन्विनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन्विन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• प्रियकृत्: one who does what is dear (a well-wisher)
• प्रियकृत्: Karta
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: प्रियकृत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सात्यकिः: Satyaki
• सात्यकिः: Karta
• Type: Proper Noun
• Root: सात्यकि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• महायशाः: of great fame
• महायशाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महायशस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Sātyaki
• the king's brothers (bhrātaraḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the ethical weight of counsel in wartime: a ruler should recognize both the strength of kin (heroic, world-renowned brothers) and the presence of sincere well-wishers who speak for his good, not merely for victory.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses King Dhṛtarāṣṭra, reminding him of the renown and martial prowess associated with his brothers and affirming that he (Sañjaya) and the famed warrior Sātyaki are well-disposed toward the king—framing the ongoing war report with an appeal to perspective and prudent judgment.