Shloka 106

गौरुडव्यूह-रचना तथा अर्धचन्द्र-प्रत्यव्यूह

Garuḍa Array and the Ardhacandra Counter-Formation

Devanagari script

पिता ते भरतश्रेष्ठ श्वेतं दृष्टवा महारथै: । वृतं त॑ं मनुजव्याघ्रैर्भीमसेनपुरोगमै:

Transliteration

pitā te bharataśreṣṭha śvetaṃ dṛṣṭvā mahārathaiḥ | vṛtaṃ taṃ manujavyāghrair bhīmasenapurogamaiḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „O Bester der Bhāratas, dein Vater, als er Śveta sah, umringt von großen Wagenkriegern—eingekreist von tigerhaften Männern, mit Bhīmasena an der Spitze—erkannte den Ernst des Augenblicks und den drängenden Druck der Schlacht.“

Word by Word

• पिता: father
• पिता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• भरतश्रेष्ठ: O best of the Bharatas
• भरतश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• श्वेतम्: white (one)
• श्वेतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्वेत
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral), —, —, —

• महारथैः: by great chariot-warriors
• महारथैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• वृतम्: surrounded
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (वरणे)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine/Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तम्: him/that one
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मनुजव्याघ्रैः: by tiger-like men (heroes)
• मनुजव्याघ्रैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुज-व्याघ्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• भीमसेनपुरोगमैः: with Bhimasena in front/led by Bhimasena
• भीमसेनपुरोगमैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीमसेन-पुरोगम
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'your father')
• Śveta
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• mahārathas (great chariot-warriors)