Shloka 72

अध्याय ८० — मध्यंदिन-रणवृत्तान्तः

Yudhiṣṭhira–Śrutāyu encounter; Cekitāna–Gautama clash; Abhimanyu pressure; Arjuna’s redeployment

Devanagari script

तत: सरथनागाश्वा समकम्पत वाहिनी । पश्यतो भीमसेनस्य पार्षतस्य च पश्यत:,तदनन्तर भीमसेन और धृष्टद्युम्नके देखते-देखते रथ, हाथी और घुड़सवारोंसहित सारी पाण्डव-सेना काँपने लगी

Transliteration

tataḥ sa-ratha-nāgāśvā samakampata vāhinī | paśyato bhīmasenasya pārṣatasya ca paśyataḥ ||

Translation

তারপর ভীমসেন ও পার্ষত (ধৃষ্টদ্যুম্ন)-এর চোখের সামনে রথ, হাতি ও অশ্বারোহীসহ সমগ্র বাহিনী কেঁপে উঠল।

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• स-रथ-नाग-अश्वा: having chariots, elephants, and horses (i.e., with charioteers/elephantry/cavalry)
• स-रथ-नाग-अश्वा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ/नाग/अश्व
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• वाहिनी: army
• वाहिनी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाहिनी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• समकम्पत: trembled/shook
• Type: Verb
• Root: कम्प्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पश्यतः: while (he) was watching / of the watching (one)
• पश्यतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पश्यत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• भीमसेनस्य: of Bhimasena
• भीमसेनस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पार्षतस्य: of the son of Prishata (Dhrishtadyumna)
• पार्षतस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्षत
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पश्यतः: while (he) was watching / of the watching (one)
• पश्यतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पश्यत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīmasena
• Pārṣata (Dhṛṣṭadyumna)
• Pāṇḍava army (vāhinī)
• chariots (ratha)
• elephants (nāga)
• horses/cavalry (aśva)