Shloka 17

भीष्मशिबिरगमनम् — Duryodhana’s Visit to Bhīṣma’s Camp and the Command Appeal

Devanagari script

युद्धकाले त्वयास्माकं साहां देयमिति प्रभो । बाढमित्येवमुक्त्वा तु युद्धकाल इहागत:

Transliteration

yuddhakāle tvayāsmākaṃ sāhāṃ deyam iti prabho | bāḍham ity evam uktvā tu yuddhakāla iha āgataḥ ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：“主上啊，临战之时，你当援助我们。”他答道：“就如此吧。”说罢便离去；而今战事当头，他已来到此处——在责任召唤之际，兑现了先前许下的援助。

Word by Word

• युद्धकाले: at the time of battle
• युद्धकाले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्धकाल
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• अस्माकम्: to/for us; of us
• अस्माकम्: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Plural

• साहा: help; assistance
• साहा: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: साहा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• देयम्: is to be given; should be given
• देयम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: यत् (gerundive), Passive sense (obligation), Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• इति: thus; saying
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रभो: O lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• बाढम्: certainly; very well
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बाढम्

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• एवम्: in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उक्त्वा: having said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive), Active, —, —, —

• तु: but; then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• युद्धकाले: at the time of battle
• युद्धकाले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्धकाल
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• आगतः: has come; arrived
• आगतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle, used actively), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Irāvān
• the Kaurava side (asmākam, implied by Sañjaya’s standpoint)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharma as reliability in word and deed: assistance promised for a righteous obligation must be delivered when the decisive moment arrives, especially in the moral pressure of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Irāvān had earlier been asked to support their side during the battle; he agreed (“bāḍham”) and now has arrived at the battlefield at the appointed time to provide that aid.