Shloka 81

भीमसेनस्य बहुमहारथसंयुगः

Bhīmasena’s Engagement with Multiple Mahārathas

Devanagari script

ते वध्यमाना भीष्मेण शतशो5थ सहस््रश: । कुर्वाणं समरे कर्माण्यतिमानुषविक्रमम्‌

Transliteration

te vadhyamānā bhīṣmeṇa śataśo ’tha sahasraśaḥ | kurvāṇaṃ samare karmāṇy atimānuṣa-vikramam ||

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: Von Bhīṣma niedergestreckt—zu Hunderten, ja zu Tausenden—sahen sie ihn auf dem Schlachtfeld Kriegstaten vollbringen mit einer Kraft, die das menschliche Maß überstieg.

Word by Word

• ते: they (those warriors)
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वध्यमानाः: being slain
• वध्यमानाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वध्यमान (√वध्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भीष्मेण: by Bhīṣma
• भीष्मेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• शतशः: by hundreds
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शतशस्

• अथ: and then / and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• सहस्रशः: by thousands
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस्

• कुर्वाणम्: doing / performing
• कुर्वाणम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: कुर्वाण (√कृ)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• कर्माणि: deeds, acts
• कर्माणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• अतिमानुषविक्रमम्: of superhuman prowess
• अतिमानुषविक्रमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतिमानुषविक्रम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīṣma