Shloka 23

भीष्मस्य मध्याह्नयुद्धवर्णनम् / Mid-day Battle Description: Bhīṣma Engaged by the Pāñcālas

Devanagari script

व्यूढोरस्क॑ ततो भीम: पातयामास भारत | क्षुरप्रेण सुतीक्ष्णेन सो5भवद्‌ गतजीवित:

Transliteration

vyūḍhoraskaṃ tato bhīmaḥ pātayāmāsa bhārata | kṣurapreṇa sutīkṣṇena so 'bhavad gatajīvitaḥ ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：随后，毗摩击倒了毗优陀霍罗迦，噢，婆罗多的后裔。以一支刃如剃刀、锋利无比的箭，他将其射落在地；于是毗优陀霍罗迦的生命就此终结。

Word by Word

• व्यूढोरस्कम्: Vyuḍhoraska (the warrior named so)
• व्यूढोरस्कम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यूढोरस्क
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• भीमः: Bhīma
• भीमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पातयामास: caused to fall; struck down
• पातयामास: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत्
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, true

• भारत: O Bhārata
• भारत: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• क्षुरप्रेण: with a razor-headed arrow (kṣurapra)
• क्षुरप्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षुरप्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सुतीक्ष्णेन: very sharp
• सुतीक्ष्णेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुतीक्ष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: became/was
• अभवत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• गतजीवितः: deprived of life; lifeless
• गतजीवितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गतजीवित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīma (Bhīmasena)
• Vyūḍhoraska
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by vocative Bhārata)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the harsh ethical terrain of kṣatriya-dharma in war: repeated aggression and battlefield necessity drive a warrior to decisive, lethal action, reminding the listener that valor and duty in combat often end in irrevocable death and sorrow.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Bhīma strikes down the warrior Vyūḍhoraska using an extremely sharp kṣurapra (razor-headed) arrow, killing him on the battlefield.