Shloka 24

भीष्मभीमसमागमः — Bhīṣma–Bhīma Strategic Engagement and Counsel to the King

Devanagari script

बिभित्सवस्ततो व्यूहं निर्ययुर्युद्धकाड्क्षिण:

Transliteration

bibhitsavas tato vyūhaṃ niryayur yuddhakāṅkṣiṇaḥ

Translation

قال سنجيا: ثمّ، وقد دفعتهم رغبةُ الضرب والغلبة، وتلهّفُهم للقتال، خرجوا في تشكيلٍ (فيوها) متراصّين—مستعدين لخوض عمل الحرب؛ عملٌ قد يوافق الواجب، لكنه رهيبٌ في وطأته.

Word by Word

• बिभित्सवः: wishing to break/cleave (the enemy), eager to shatter
• बिभित्सवः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बिभित्सु (√भिद् इच्छार्थे; desiderative adjective)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• व्यूहम्: battle-array, formation
• व्यूहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यूह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• निर्ययुः: went forth, marched out
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√या
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• युद्धकाङ्क्षिणः: desiring battle, eager for fighting
• युद्धकाङ्क्षिणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युद्ध-काङ्क्षिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• vyūha (battle formation)