Shloka 10
Arjuna’s Advance toward Bhīṣma; The Gāṇḍīva’s Signal and the Armies’ Convergence (भीष्माभिमुखगमनम् — गाण्डीवनिर्घोष-ध्वजवर्णनम्)
Devanagari script
मनोरथद्रुमो5स्माकं चिन्तितो बहुवार्षिक:
Transliteration
manorathadrumo 'smākaṃ cintito bahuvārṣikaḥ
Translation
三阇耶说道：“对我们而言，那棵如意宝树——经年累月所思所念——如今终于显现为可望可及之物。”
Word by Word
मनोरथद्रुमःthe wish-fulfilling tree (tree of desires)
मनोरथद्रुमः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमनोरथद्रुम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अस्माकम्of us / our
अस्माकम्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Genitive, Plural
चिन्तितःthought of / desired / contemplated
चिन्तितः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootचिन्तित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
बहुवार्षिकःof many years / long-standing
बहुवार्षिकः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootबहुवार्षिक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse uses the metaphor of a ‘wish-fulfilling tree’ to show how long-nurtured desires can dominate judgment; ethically, it hints that success pursued over many years may still be morally fraught if rooted in adharma, especially in the context of war.
Sañjaya reports a surge of confidence on the Kaurava side: a long-cherished objective now seems within reach, expressed through the image of a long-awaited, desire-granting tree.