Shloka 55

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

Devanagari script

इरावानपि संक्रुद्धस्त्वरमाण: पराक्रमी । हन्तुकामममित्रघ्नो राक्षसं प्रत्यवारयत्‌

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | irāvān api saṅkruddhas tvaramāṇaḥ parākrāmī | hantukāmam amitraghno rākṣasaṃ pratyavārayat ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：伊罗梵亦怒火中烧，行动迅疾；他是强悍的战士、灭敌之人，急忙迎上前去，遏止那意欲取他性命的罗刹。

Word by Word

• इरावान्: Iravan
• इरावान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: इरावान्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• संक्रुद्धः: enraged, very angry
• संक्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संक्रुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वरमाणः: hastening, rushing
• त्वरमाणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वरमाण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पराक्रमी: valiant, mighty
• पराक्रमी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पराक्रमिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हन्तुकामम्: desiring to kill
• हन्तुकामम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन्तुकाम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अमित्रघ्नः: slayer of foes
• अमित्रघ्नः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमित्रघ्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राक्षसम्: the demon (rakshasa)
• राक्षसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रति: against, towards
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

• अवारयत्: he warded off, restrained
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (वारयति)
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, Causative (णिच्)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Iravan
• Rakshasa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

In the battlefield context, a kṣatriya meets unlawful or hostile aggression not with passivity but with steadfast defense; courage and prompt action are portrayed as appropriate when protecting oneself and one’s side in a righteous war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sanjaya reports that Iravan, angered and acting swiftly, blocks and repels a rākṣasa who is rushing in with the intention to kill him.