Shloka 81

Śalya-hatānantarāṇi: Madrarāja-padānugānāṃ praskandana and the Pandava counter-encirclement (शल्यहतानन्तराणि—मद्रराजपदानुगानां प्रस्कन्दनम्)

Devanagari script

ततो मुहूर्तात्‌ तेडपश्यन्‌ रजो भीम॑ समुत्थितम्‌

Transliteration

tato muhūrtāt te 'paśyan rajo bhīmaṃ samutthitam

Translation

ثم بعد هنيهةٍ رأوا سحابةً مروّعةً من الغبار ترتفع—نذيرَ شؤمٍ في ساحة القتال، يدلّ على اقتراب قوى عظيمة أو تحرّكها، ويزيد وطأة العبء الأخلاقي للمذبحة التي تتكشف.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from that/thereupon')

• मुहूर्तात्: after a moment
• मुहूर्तात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुहूर्त
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अपश्यन्: saw
• अपश्यन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Plural

• रजः: dust
• रजः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भीमम्: terrible, dreadful
• भीमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• समुत्थितम्: risen, having arisen
• समुत्थितम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उत्-स्था
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• dust-cloud (rajaḥ)