Mahabharata — Udyoga Parva, Shloka 26

भीष्म–रामजामदग्न्ययुद्धप्रस्थानवर्णनम्

Bhishma’s Account of Parashurama’s Challenge and the March to Kurukshetra

Devanagari script

तत एनं समुद्विग्ना: सर्व एवाभिदुद्रुवु: । तपोधनास्ते सहसा काश्या च कुरुनन्दन

Transliteration

tata enaṁ samudvignāḥ sarva evābhidudruvuḥ | tapodhanās te sahasā kāśyā ca kurunandana ||

Translation

于是众人皆心神震荡，立刻奔向他。那些苦行仙人，以及迦尸王之女也同来，噢，俱卢族的欢荣，他们急忙围拢，拥抱抚慰他，洒以清凉之水，并赐下象征胜利的祝福，欲平息他内心的惊惶。

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• समुद्विग्नाः: agitated, distressed
• समुद्विग्नाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समुद्विग्न (वि-√द्विज्/√द्विज्-आधारित विशेषण; 'उद्विग्न' प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: Avyaya

• अभिदुद्रुवुः: ran up (towards), rushed
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-√द्रु (धातु)
• Form: Aorist (Luṅ), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Plural

• तपोधनाः: ascetics rich in austerity (sages)
• तपोधनाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपोधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सहसा: suddenly, quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा
• Form: Avyaya

• काश्याः: of Kāśī
• Type: Noun
• Root: काशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Avyaya

• कुरुनन्दन: O joy of the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुनन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Kuru lineage (Kurunandana)
• Ascetics (tapodhanāḥ)
• Kāśī
• Daughter of the king of Kāśī (Kāśirāja-kanyā)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid crisis and agitation, dharmic conduct includes compassionate care: the wise and the virtuous respond to another’s distress with calming presence, auspicious blessings, and restorative acts rather than harshness or indifference.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma narrates that, seeing him shaken, everyone present—especially the ascetics and the Kāśī king’s daughter—rushes to him and tries to soothe him through physical comfort, cooling water, and victory-blessings meant to restore steadiness and hope.