BG 1.11

अयनेषु च सर्वेषु यथाभागमवस्थिताः ।
भीष्ममेवाभिरक्षन्तु भवन्तः सर्व एव हि ॥
ayaneṣu ca sarveṣu yathā-bhāgam avasthitāḥ
bhīṣmam evābhirakṣantu bhavantaḥ sarva eva hi

Word-for-word meanings

avasthitāḥ — situated;  yathā-bhāgam — as assigned;  sarveṣu — at all;  ayaneṣu ca — points of entry into the formation;  sarve eva hi bhavantaḥ — all of you indeed;  abhirakṣantu — must protect on all sides;  bhīṣmam eva — Bhīṣma alone.

Translation

[To his army, Duryodhana then said:] Therefore, situated in your assigned places at all points of entry into the formation, all of you indeed must protect Bhīṣma alone on all sides.

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