SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama:
SlOkam – Original
ayanEshu cha sarvEshu yathAbhAgamavasthithA: |
bhIshmamEvAbhirakshanthu bhavantha: sarva Eva hi ||
word-by-word meaning
sarvE Eva bhavantha: – All of you
sarvEshu ayanEshu cha – in all routes (that allow entry into the line-ups)
yathAbhAgam avasthithA: – without giving up your positions
bhIshmam Eva – bhIshma
abhirakshanthu – surround and protect
Simple Translation
All of you! Without giving up your positions in all routes (that allow entry into the line-ups), protect bhIshma by surrounding him.
Rendering based on ALkoNdavilli gOvindhAchArya swAmy’s English translation of gIthA bhAshyam
“Then, all of you, each posted to his division in the army, do indeed fortify Bhīshma”
archived in http://githa.koyil.org
pramEyam (goal) – http://koyil.org
pramANam (scriptures) – http://srivaishnavagranthams.wordpress.com
pramAthA (preceptors) – http://guruparamparai.wordpress.com
SrIvaishNava education/kids portal – http://pillai.koyil.org