Shloka 34

भीष्म–जामदग्न्यसंवादः (Amba-prasaṅga and Kurukṣetra Dvandva Declaration) / Bhishma–Jamadagnya Dialogue

Devanagari script

तमहं समवष्टभ्य पुनरात्मानमाहवे । शतसंख्यै: शरै: क्रुद्धस्तदा राममवाकिरम्‌

Transliteration

tam ahaṁ samavaṣṭabhya punar ātmānam āhave | śatasaṅkhyaiḥ śaraiḥ kruddhas tadā rāmam avākiram ||

Translation

我在战阵之中重新稳住自身，复得镇定；随即怒起，便以数百支箭矢如雨倾洒于罗摩（帕拉修罗摩）身上。

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• समवष्टभ्य: having steadied/checked (him)
• समवष्टभ्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + अव + स्तम्भ्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), —, —, —

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• आत्मानम्: myself
• आत्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आहवे: in battle
• आहवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• शतसंख्यैः: with hundreds (in number)
• शतसंख्यैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शतसंख्य
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• क्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुद्ध
• Form: Past passive participle (kta), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• रामम्: Rama
• रामम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (Proper)
• Root: राम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अवाकिरम्: I showered/covered (with arrows)
• अवाकिरम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + कृ
• Form: Aorist (luṅ), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

राम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• arrows (śara)
• battle (āhava)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse juxtaposes self-mastery with martial action: a warrior first steadies the mind and body, yet if anger dominates, that regained steadiness can be used to intensify violence—showing why inner control must include restraint over wrath.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker describes recovering his footing and composure in the fight and then, driven by anger, launching a heavy counterattack by raining hundreds of arrows upon Rāma.