ayaneṣu ca sarveṣu yathā bhāgam avasthitāḥ
bhīṣmam evābhirakṣantu bhavantaḥ sarva eva hi
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sarveṣu ca (and on all) ayaneṣu (on the paths) yathā bhāgam (according to division) avasthitāḥ (who are arrayed) sarve eva hi (certainly all indeed) bhavantaḥ (your honours) bhīṣmam eva (just Bhīṣma) abhirakṣantu (they must protect).
| ayaneṣu |
– |
ayana 7n.3 n. – on the paths (vyūha-praveśa-mārgeṣu – on the paths of entrance ino the army); |
| ca |
– |
av. – and; |
| sarveṣu |
– |
sarva sn. 7n.3 n. – on all; |
| yathā bhāgam |
– |
av. – according to the division (from: yathā – according as; bhāga – part, division); |
| avasthitāḥ |
– |
avasthita (ava-√sthā – to be present) PP 1n.3 m. – arrayed, placed; |
| bhīṣmam |
– |
bhīṣma 2n.1 m. – frightful, Bhīṣma (from: √bhī – to scare); |
| eva |
– |
av. – certainly, just, merely; |
| abhirakṣantu |
– |
abhi-√rakṣ (to protect on all sides) Imperat. P 1v.3 – they must protect; |
| bhavantaḥ |
– |
bhavant 1n.3 m. – your honours (from: √bhū – to be, bha-vant – honorific form of address, looks like PPr of: √bhū, but differs in declension in: nominative singular; -mant / -vant – suffix denoting one who possesses); |
| sarve |
– |
sarva sn. 1n.3 m. – all; |
| eva |
– |
av. – certainly, just, merely; |
| hi |
– |
av. – because, just, indeed, surely; |
ca (in the first pada) → tu (but);
no commentary up to the verse BhG 2.10
duryodhanaḥ svayam eva bhīmābhirakṣitaṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ balam, ātmīyaṃ ca bhīṣmābhirakṣitaṃ balam avalokya ātma-vijaye tasya balasya paryāptatām ātmīyasya balasya tad-vijaye cāparyāptatām ācāryāya nivedya, antar viṣaṇṇo’bhavat
no commentary up to the verse BhG 2.11
tasmād yuṣmābhiḥ sāvadhānair bhavituvyam ity āha ayaneṣu vyūha-praveśa-mārgeṣu yathā-bhāgaṃ vibhaktāḥ svāṃ svāṃ raṇa-bhūmim aparityajyaivāvasthitā bhavanto bhīṣmam evābhitas tathā rakṣantu yathānyair yudhyamāno ‚yaṃ pṛṣṭhataḥ kaiścin na hanyate | bhīṣma-balenaivāsmākaṃ jīvitam iti bhāvaḥ
athaivaṃ mad-ukti-bhāvaṃ vijñāyācāryaś ced udāsīta tadā mat-kārya-kṣatir iti vibhāvya tasmin sva-kārya-bhāram arpayann āha ayaneṣv iti | ayaneṣu sainya-praveśa-vartmasu yathābhāgaṃ vibhaktāṃ svāṃ svāṃ yuddha-bhūmim aparityajyāvasthitā bhavanto bhavad-ādayo bhīṣmame evābhito rakṣantu yuddhābhiniveśāt pārśvataḥ pṛṣṭhataś cāpaśyantaṃ taṃ yathānyo na vihanyāt tathā kurvantv ity arthaḥ | senāpatau bhīṣme nirbodhe mad-vijaya-siddhir iti bhāvaḥ |
ayam āśayaḥ – bhīṣmo ‚smākaṃ pityāmahaḥ | bhavāṃs tu guruḥ | tau yuvām asmad ekānta-hitaiṣiṇau viditau | yāvakṣa-sadasi mad-anyāyaṃ vidantāv api draupadyā nyāyaṃ pṛṣṭau nāvocatāṃ mayā tu pāṇḍaveṣu pratītaṃ snehābhāsaṃ tyājayituṃ tathā niveditam iti
