Shloka 19

भीमसेनस्य प्रतिघातः—भगदत्तगजप्रहारः—घटोत्कचमायायुद्धम्

Bhīma’s Counteroffensive, Bhagadatta’s Elephant Assault, and Ghaṭotkaca’s Māyā Engagement

Devanagari script

ततः प्रववृते युद्ध व्यतिषक्तरथद्धिपम्‌

Transliteration

tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṁ vyatiṣakta-ratha-dvipam

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „Dann begann die Schlacht in Wahrheit: Wagen und Kriegselefanten mischten sich und verkeilten sich in engem, chaotischem Handgemenge. Der Kampf steigerte sich zur großen Entscheidung, wo die Ordnung dem Druck und der moralischen Last des Krieges weicht.“

Word by Word

• ततः: thereupon / then
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततस्
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from/after that')

• प्रववृते: began / commenced / set in motion
• प्रववृते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृत् (वर्तते)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person, singular, Ātmanepada

• युद्धम्: battle
• युद्धम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, accusative, singular

• व्यतिषक्त-रथ-ध्विपम्: with chariots and elephants intermingled/entangled
• व्यतिषक्त-रथ-ध्विपम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यतिषक्त-रथ-ध्विप
• Form: Neuter, accusative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• yuddha (the battle)
• ratha (chariots)
• dvipa (war-elephants)