Bhagavad Gita 11.34 Meaning: Dronam cha bhishmam cha

Bhagavad Gita 11.34

द्रोणं च भीष्मं च जयद्रथं च कर्णं तथाऽन्यानपि योधवीरान् ।मया हतांस्त्वं जहि मा व्यथिष्ठाः युध्यस्व जेतासि रणे सपत्नान् ॥

Dronam cha bhishmam cha jayadratham cha karnam tathanyanapi yodhaviranMaya hatanstvam jahi ma vyathishthah yudhyasva jetasi rane sapatnan

droṇaṃ ca bhīṣmaṃ ca jayadrathaṃ ca karṇaṃ tathā’nyānapi yodhavīrān |mayā hatāṃstvaṃ jahi mā vyathiṣṭhāḥ yudhyasva jetāsi raṇe sapatnān ||

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Our explanation Krishna names Drona, Bhishma, Jayadratha and Karna, and the other great warriors, and says they have been slain by him. He tells Arjuna to slay them, not to be troubled, and to fight: Arjuna will conquer his rivals in battle, Krishna says. Shankara explains why these four are named: each had a special strength that gave Arjuna reason to fear him.

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण द्रोण, भीष्म, जयद्रथ, कर्ण और दूसरे वीर योद्धाओं के नाम लेकर कहते हैं कि ये उनके द्वारा मारे जा चुके हैं। वे अर्जुन से कहते हैं कि वे इन्हें मारें, व्यथित न हों, और युद्ध करें: कृष्ण कहते हैं कि अर्जुन युद्ध में अपने शत्रुओं को जीतेंगे। शंकराचार्य समझाते हैं कि इन चारों के नाम क्यों लिए गए: हर एक के पास कोई विशेष शक्ति थी, जिससे अर्जुन को उससे डरने का कारण था।

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द्रोणम् droṇam · Drona (noun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: droṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 503, col. 1 “the military preceptor of both the Kuru and Pāṇḍu princes”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
भीष्मम् bhīṣmam · Bhishma (noun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: bhīṣma, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 758, col. 3 “N. of a son of Śāṃtanu and Gaṅgā”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
जयद्रथम् jayadratham · Jayadratha (noun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: jayad-ratha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 413, col. 2 “‘having victorious chariots,’ N. of a Sindhu-Sauvīra king fighting on the Kaurava's side”
च ca · and (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. ca, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 380, col. 1 “and, both, also, moreover, as well as”
कर्णम् karṇam · Karna (noun (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: karṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 256, col. 2 “N. of a king of Aṅga”
तथा tathā · likewise (indeclinable) Dictionary: tathā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 433, col. 3 “in that manner, so, thus”
अन्यान् anyān · others (pronoun (masculine), accusative plural) Dictionary: 2. anya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 45, col. 2 “other, different”
अपि api · also (indeclinable) Dictionary: api, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 55, col. 1 “even, also, very”
योधवीरान् yodhavīrān · heroic warriors (compound (masculine), accusative plural) Dictionary: yodha-vīra, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 858, col. 2 “a hero, warrior”
मया mayā · by "me" (Krishna) (pronoun, instrumental singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
हतान् hatān · slain (past participle (masculine), accusative plural) Dictionary: hata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1287, col. 2 “smitten, killed, slain”
त्वम् tvam · you (pronoun, nominative singular) Dictionary: yuṣmad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 855, col. 3 “the base of the 2nd pers. pron. as used in comp.”
जहि jahi · slay (imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. han, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1287, col. 2 “to smite, slay, hit, kill, mar, destroy”
मा mā · do not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 1. mā, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 804, col. 1 “a particle of prohibition or negation”
व्यथिष्ठाः vyathiṣṭhāḥ · be troubled (aorist (with mā: do not), 2nd person singular) Dictionary: vyath, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1031, col. 1 “to be agitated or disturbed in mind, be restless or sorrowful or unhappy”
युध्यस्व yudhyasva · fight (imperative, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. yudh, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 854, col. 3 “to fight, wage war”
जेतासि jetāsi · will conquer (periphrastic future, 2nd person singular) Dictionary: 1. ji, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 2 “conquer (in battle), vanquish”
रणे raṇe · in battle (noun (masculine), locative singular) Dictionary: 1. raṇa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 863, col. 3 “battle (as an object of delight), war, combat, fight, conflict”
सपत्नान् sapatnān · rivals, enemies (noun (masculine), accusative plural) Dictionary: sa-patna, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1149, col. 1 “a rival, adversary, enemy”

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Spelling A digital text reads Same words. The 1922 edition marks the merged vowel in तथाऽन्यान् and keeps the visarga at the printed line end (व्यथिष्ठाः); the e-text writes तथान्यान् and व्यथिष्ठा.

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