Shloka 6

भीष्मरक्षण-उद्योगः, शिखण्डि-विवर्जनं, सर्वतोभद्र-व्यूहः

Protection of Bhīṣma, Exemption of Śikhaṇḍin, and the Sarvatobhadra Array

Devanagari script

समुद्यच्छन्‌ महाबाहुर्जिघांसुस्तनयं तव

Transliteration

samudyacchan mahābāhur jighāṁsus tanayaṁ tava

Translation

三阇耶说道：“他挺身欲击，那臂力雄伟的战士——怀着必杀之心——向你的儿子逼近。”

Word by Word

• समुद्यच्छन्: rising up / springing up
• समुद्यच्छन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उद्-यम् (धातु: यम्)
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• महाबाहुः: the mighty-armed (one)
• महाबाहुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाबाहु
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• जिघांसुः: wishing to kill
• जिघांसुः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन् (धातु) → जिघांसु (इच्छार्थक कृदन्त)
• Form: सुँ (desiderative/intentive adjective), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तनयम्: son
• तनयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनय
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तव: of you / your
• तव: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• your son (tanaya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how inner intention (jighāṁsuḥ—‘intent on killing’) drives outward action in war; it implicitly warns that choices made in anger or vengeance carry grave ethical weight and consequences, even when framed within kṣatriya combat.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a powerful warrior has risen to attack, preparing to strike with lethal intent, and is moving against Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son in the battle context.