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Chapter 1 · Verse 11

Arjuna Visada Yoga

अर्जुनविषादयोग

अयनेषु च सर्वेषु यथाभागमवस्थिताः | भीष्ममेवाभिरक्षन्तु भवन्तः सर्व एव हि ||१-११||

ayaneṣu ca sarveṣu yathābhāgamavasthitāḥ . bhīṣmamevābhirakṣantu bhavantaḥ sarva eva hi ||1-11||

In plain words

You are called to support and protect the key pillars of your life with steady focus. When undertaking any major task, your karma, or purposeful action, requires you to guard your core strengths. Success comes when you organize your efforts and stand united behind those who guide and shield you.

Translation

1.11 Therefore all of you taking your places firmly in your respective divisions, guard Bhisma at all cost.

Meaning

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Word by word

अयनेषु in the arrays (of the army) च and सर्वेषु in all यथाभागम् according to division अवस्थिताः being stationed भीष्मम् Bhishma एव alone अभिरक्षन्तु protect भवन्तः ye सर्वे all एव even हि indeed. No