Bhagavad Gita 1.11
Chapter 1, verse 11
Meaning
So all of you, holding your assigned places at every entry point of the formation, must guard Bhīṣma above everything else, every single one of you.
The Sanskrit
अयनेषु च सर्वेषु यथाभागमवस्थिताः ।
भीष्ममेवाभिरक्षन्तु भवन्तः सर्व एव हि ॥ ११ ॥
ayaneṣu ca sarveṣu yathābhāgam avasthitāḥ
bhīṣmam evābhirakṣantu bhavantaḥ sarva eva hi
Say it
uh-yuh-nay-shoo chuh sur-vay-shoo yuh-thaa-bhaa-guh-muh-vuh-sthi-taa-haa
bheesh-muh-may-vaa-bhi-ruk-shun-too bhuh-vun-tuh-huh sur-vuh ay-vuh hi
Word by word
- ayaneṣu ca sarveṣu
- at every point of entry, in all the positions of the formation
- yathā-bhāgam
- each in his assigned place
- avasthitāḥ
- stationed, holding firm
- bhīṣmam eva
- Bhīṣma above all
- abhirakṣantu
- must protect, guard on all sides
- bhavantaḥ sarve eva hi
- all of you, every one
Read it in context: verses 1.9–12Bhīṣma answers with a lion's roarWith the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: Cheering up is not the same as answering
Another translation and audio recitation: verse 1.11 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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