aparyāptaṃ tad asmākaṃ balaṃ bhīṣmābhirakṣitam
paryāptaṃ tv idam eteṣāṃ balaṃ bhīmābhirakṣitam
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tat (that) bhīṣmābhirakṣitam (protected by Bhīṣma) asmākam (our) balam (force) aparyāptam (unlimited, insufficient) [
asti]
(is).
tu (but) idam (this) bhīmābhirakṣitam (protected by Bhīma) eteṣām (their) balam (force) paryāptam (limited, sufficient) [
asti]
(is).
| aparyāptam |
– |
a-pari-āpta (pari-√āp – to obtain) PP 1n.1 n. – unobtained: unlimited or insufficient (aparimitam / asaṁkhyam – unlimited; asamartham – insufficient); |
| tat |
– |
tat sn. 1n.1 n. – that; |
| asmākam |
– |
asmat 6n.3 – our; |
| balam |
– |
bala 1n.1 n. – force, army; |
| bhīṣmābhirakṣitam |
– |
bhīṣma-abhi-rakṣita 1n.1 n.; TP: bhīṣmeṇa sarvato rakṣitam iti – on all sides protected by Bhīṣma (from: √bhī – to scare, bhīṣma – frightful; abhi-√rakṣ – to protect on all sides, PP abhirakṣita – protected on all sides); |
| paryāptam |
– |
pari-āpta (pari-√āp – to obtain) PP 1n.1 n. –obtained: limited or sufficient (parimitam – limited; samartham – sufficient); |
| tu |
– |
av. – but, then, or, and; |
| idam |
– |
idam sn. 1n.1 n. – this; |
| eteṣām |
– |
etat sn. 6n.3 m. – their; |
| balam |
– |
bala 1n.1 n. – force, army; |
| bhīmābhirakṣitam |
– |
bhīma-abhi-rakṣita 1n.1 n.; TP: bhīmeṇa sarvato rakṣitam iti – on all sides protected by Bhīma (from: √bhī – to scare, bhīma – terrible, frightful; abhi-√rakṣ – to protect on all sides, PP abhirakṣita – protected on all sides); |
In some editions the names of Bhīṣma and Bhīma in the second and the fourth padas are interchanged;
no commentary up to the verse BhG 2.10
commentary under the verse BhG 1.11
no commentary up to the verse BhG 2.11
tataḥ kiṃ? ata āha – aparyāptam ity ādi | tat tathābhūtaiḥ vīrair yuktam api bhīṣmeṇābhirakṣitam api asmākaṃ balaṃ sainyaṃ aparyāptaṃ taiḥ saha yoddhuṃ asamarthaṃ bhāti | idam eteṣāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ balaṃ bhīmābhirakṣitam sat paryāptaṃ samarthaṃ bhāti | bhīṣmasyobhaya-pakṣapātitvāt asmad-balaṃ pāṇḍava-sainyṃ pratyasamartham | bhīmasyika-pakṣapātitvāt pāṇḍavānāṃ balaṃ samartham
aparyāptam aparipūrṇam | pāṇḍavaiḥ saha yoddhuṃ akṣamam ity arthaḥ | bhīṣmeṇātisūkṣma-buddhinā śastra-śāstra-pravīṇenābhito rakṣitam api bhīṣmasyobhaya-pakṣapātitvāt | eteṣāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ tu bhīmena sthūla-buddhinā śastra-śāstrānabhijño ‚pi rakṣitam paryāptaṃ paripūrṇam | asmābhiḥ saha yuddhe pravīṇam ity arthaḥ
nanv ubhayoḥ sainyayos taulyāt tavaiva vijayaḥ katham ity āśaṅkya sva-sainyādhikyam āha aparyāptam iti | aparyāptam aparimitam asmākaṃ balam | tatrāpi bhīṣmeṇa mahā-buddhimatātirathenābhirakṣitam | eteṣāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ balaṃ tu paryāptaṃ parimitam | tatrāpi bhīmena tuccha-buddhinārdharathenābhirakṣitam | ataḥ siddha-vijayo ‚ham
