1.11 Above all defend Bhishma Sanjaya speaks
अयनेषु च सर्वेषु यथाभागमवस्थिताः
भीष्ममेवाभिरक्षन्तु भवन्तः सर्व एव हि
ayaneṣhu cha sarveṣhu yathā-bhāgamavasthitāḥ
bhīṣhmamevābhirakṣhantu bhavantaḥ sarva eva hi
Hold your assigned places at every point of entry, all of you, and above all defend Bhishma.
Explanation
And above all, defend Bhishma.
Hold your assigned places at every point of entry — and protect the grandsire.
His last instruction is defensive. The speech began by naming the enemy's champions and ends by telling his own men to guard the old man the whole army is standing behind.
Word by word
- ayaneṣhu
- at the strategic points
- cha
- also
- sarveṣhu
- all
- yathā-bhāgam
- in respective position
- avasthitāḥ
- situated
- bhīṣhmam
- to Grandsire Bheeshma
- eva
- only
- abhirakṣhantu
- defend
- bhavantaḥ
- you
- sarve
- all
- eva hi
- even as
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