Verse 1.11

अयनेषु च सर्वेषु यथाभागमवस्थिताः ।

भीष्ममेवाभिरक्षन्तु भवन्तः सर्व एव हि ॥

1.11

Transliteration

ayaneṣu ca sarveṣu yathābhāgamavasthitāḥ |

bhīṣmamevābhirakṣantu bhavantaḥ sarva eva hi ||

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Translation

"Therefore do ye all, stationed in your respective positions, in the several divisions of the army, protect Bhishma alone."

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Word by word

at the positions
and
at all
as assigned
stationed

Bhishma
alone
must protect
you
all
indeed
surely

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explanation

Duryodhana ends his speech with an order to all his commanders: hold your positions and protect Bhishma. The instruction is practical, since Bhishma is the commander and his fall would shake the army. It is also telling. Bhishma had vowed not to fight Shikhandi, who stands among the Pandavas, and Duryodhana knows that his greatest warrior has a known weakness. The request for protection again shows a leader who speaks of victory while thinking of what could go wrong.