Shloka 9

भीष्म–रामजामदग्न्ययुद्धप्रस्थानवर्णनम्

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

Devanagari script

ततस्त्वस्त्राणि दिव्यानि जामदग्न्य: प्रतापवान्‌ । मयि प्रयोजयामास तान्यहं प्रत्यषेधयम्‌

Transliteration

tatastv astrāṇi divyāni jāmadagnyaḥ pratāpavān | mayi prayojayāmāsa tāny ahaṃ praty-aṣedhayam ||

Translation

随后，威猛的阇摩达格尼之子向我施放诸般天授神兵；而我将其尽数遏止、抵御。

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from there/then')

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु
• Form: Avyaya (particle)

• अस्त्राणि: weapons (missiles)
• अस्त्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• दिव्यानि: divine
• दिव्यानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural (agreeing with अस्त्राणि)

• जामदग्न्यः: Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma)
• जामदग्न्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जामदग्न्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रतापवान्: mighty/valorous
• प्रतापवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतापवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular (agreeing with जामदग्न्यः)

• मयि: on/against me
• मयि: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: First person pronoun, Locative, Singular

• प्रयोजयामास: he employed/used
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-युज्
• Form: Perfect (periphrastic), 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तानि: those (weapons)
• तानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural (referring to अस्त्राणि)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: First person pronoun, Nominative, Singular

• प्रत्यषेधयम्: I warded off/repelled
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-षिध्
• Form: Imperfect, 1st person, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma)
• divyāni astrāṇi (divine weapons)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when confronted by a formidable and revered opponent, one must uphold one’s rightful duty with firmness and restraint—meeting force with appropriate defense rather than abandoning dharma out of fear or sentiment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma recounts that Paraśurāma (Jāmadagnya), famed for his prowess, deployed celestial weapons against him, and Bhīṣma successfully countered and neutralized those weapons.