Shloka 15

Chapter 89: Bhīma dispatched to protect Ghaṭotkaca amid escalating engagements

Devanagari script

ततो युधिष्छिरो वश्यान्‌ राज्ञस्तानू समचोदयत्‌ । भीष्मं शान्तनवं सर्वे निहतेति सुहृदूगणान्‌

Transliteration

tato yudhiṣṭhiro vaśyān rājñas tān samacodayat | bhīṣmaṃ śāntanavaṃ sarve nihateti suhṛd-gaṇān ||

Translation

随后，坚战催促麾下诸王，并吩咐亲信同盟道：“你们众人合力——击倒毗湿摩，圣多奴之子！”

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वश्यान्: submissive, under control
• वश्यान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वश्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• राज्ञः: of the king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• समचोदयत्: urged, incited, commanded
• Type: Verb
• Root: चुद् (धातु) + सम् (उपसर्ग)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular

• भीष्मम्: Bhīṣma
• भीष्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शान्तनवम्: son of Śantanu
• शान्तनवम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शान्तनव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• निहत: slain, killed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि + हन् (धातु) → निहत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular (agreeing with भीष्मम्)

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति
• Form: Avyaya

• सुहृद्गणान्: groups of friends/allies
• सुहृद्गणान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुहृद् + गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Bhīṣma
• Śāntanu
• kings (allied rulers)
• suhṛd-gaṇa (well-wishers/allies)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even righteous leaders may be forced into painful commands in a dharmic crisis: the verse highlights the moral weight of directing violence against a venerable elder when the larger aim is to end adharma and protect the polity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Yudhiṣṭhira, addressing subordinate kings and trusted allies, urges coordinated action to bring down Bhīṣma—indicating a strategic and collective effort against the Kaurava commander.