Shloka 52

भीष्मस्य सेनापत्यप्रतिज्ञा तथा रथसंख्यावर्णनम् | Bhishma Accepts Command and Enumerates Kaurava Strength

Devanagari script

अर्जुनस्य समादेशं यथोक्तं सर्वमब्रवीत्‌ | वासुदेवस्य भीमस्य धर्मराजस्य पौरुषम्‌

Transliteration

arjunasya samādeśaṃ yathoktaṃ sarvam abravīt | vāsudevasya bhīmasya dharmarājasya pauruṣam |

Translation

三阇耶说道：他将阿周那的口信按原话一一尽述；又叙说了婆苏提婆（奎师那）、怖摩以及达摩罗阇坚战那雄健的决心与激昂之辞——在战争风暴渐起之际，彰显他们对达摩与荣誉的坚定立场。

Word by Word

• अर्जुनस्य: of Arjuna
• अर्जुनस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• समादेशम्: message, instruction
• समादेशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: समादेश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• उक्तम्: said, spoken
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच् (उक्त)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular, Past passive participle

• सर्वम्: all (of it)
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अब्रवीत्: said, spoke
• अब्रवीत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वासुदेवस्य: of Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• वासुदेवस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• भीमस्य: of Bhīma
• भीमस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• धर्मराजस्य: of Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• धर्मराजस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मराज
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पौरुषम्: manly valor, prowess
• पौरुषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौरुष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• Bhīma
• Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Faithful transmission of speech is treated as an ethical duty in diplomacy: the messenger must convey words exactly as spoken, while the leaders’ pauruṣa (resolute valor) signals commitment to dharma even when conflict becomes unavoidable.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya narrates that the envoy reports Arjuna’s message verbatim and also conveys the determined stance expressed by Kṛṣṇa, Bhīma, and Yudhiṣṭhira, intensifying the diplomatic exchange that precedes the Kurukṣetra war.