Shloka 216

भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय ६२: वासुदेवमहात्म्यप्रशंसा (देव–ब्रह्मसंवादः)

Devanagari script

नाशबनुतां वारयितुं भीष्मद्रोणी महारथौ । महाराज! उस युद्धस्थलमें आपके पुत्रकी भागती हुई सेनाको महारथी द्रोण और भीष्म भी रोक न सके

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

nāśaknūtāṃ vārayituṃ bhīṣma-droṇī mahārathau |

Translation

三阇耶说道：大王啊，在那战场之上，即便是两位大车战士——毗湿摩与德罗那——也无法遏止你诸子之军溃逃奔散。

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अशक्नुताम्: were not able (the two could not)
• अशक्नुताम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: शक्
• Form: लट्, परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, द्विवचनम्, कर्तरि, न

• वारयितुम्: to restrain/stop
• वारयितुम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive), कर्तरि

• भीष्म: Bhishma
• भीष्म: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• द्रोणौ: Drona (as one of the two)
• द्रोणौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, द्विवचनम्

• महारथौ: the two great chariot-warriors
• महारथौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, द्विवचनम्

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by address 'Mahārāja')
• Bhīṣma
• Droṇa
• Kaurava army (your sons’ army, implied)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even extraordinary skill and reputation cannot always overcome collective panic and moral collapse in an army; effective leadership depends on the inner steadiness and discipline of the troops, not merely on celebrated commanders.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the Kaurava forces are fleeing on the battlefield, and that even Bhīṣma and Droṇa—both famed mahārathas—cannot halt or rally them.