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Bhagavad Gita 1.11

अयनेषु च सर्वेषु यथाभागमवस्थिताः। भीष्ममेवाभिरक्षन्तु भवन्तः सर्व एव हि।।

ayaneṣhu cha sarveṣhu yathā-bhāgamavasthitāḥ bhīṣhmamevābhirakṣhantu bhavantaḥ sarva eva hi

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
ayaneṣhuayaneṣhuat the strategic points
chachaalso
sarveṣhusarveṣhuall
yathā-bhāgamyathā-bhāgamin respective position
avasthitāḥavasthitāḥsituated
bhīṣhmambhīṣhmamto Grandsire Bheeshma
evaevaonly
abhirakṣhantuabhirakṣhantudefend
bhavantaḥbhavantaḥyou
sarvesarveall
eva hieva hieven as

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

विभिन्न मोर्चों पर अपने-अपने स्थान पर स्थित रहते हुए आप सब लोग भीष्म पितामह की ही सब ओर से रक्षा करें।