Shloka 36

Adhyāya 110: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Lament on Fate; Saṃjaya’s Reproof and the Princes’ Assault on Bhīma (द्रोणपर्व, अध्याय ११०)

Devanagari script

त॑ तथा समरे राजन्‌ विचरन्तमभीतवत्‌ | पाण्डवा भृशसंविग्ना: प्रापश्यंस्तस्य विक्रमम्‌,महाराज! उस निशाचरको समरांगणमें इस प्रकार निर्भय-सा विचरते देख पाण्डव अत्यन्त उद्विग्न हो उसका पराक्रम देखने लगे

Transliteration

taṁ tathā samare rājan vicarantam abhītavat | pāṇḍavā bhṛśa-saṁvignāḥ prāpaśyaṁs tasya vikramam ||

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „O König, als die Pāṇḍavas jenen nächtlich umherstreifenden Krieger so furchtlos über das Schlachtfeld schreiten sahen, wurden sie zutiefst erschüttert und standen da, seine Tatkraft betrachtend.“

Word by Word

• तत्: him/that (one)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

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

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• विचरन्तम्: moving about, roaming
• विचरन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-चर्
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभीतवत्: as if fearless
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभीतवत्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पाण्डवाः: the Pandavas
• पाण्डवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भृश-संविग्नाः: greatly agitated/distressed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भृशसंविग्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रापश्यन्: they saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√दृश्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• तस्य: of him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• विक्रमम्: valor, prowess
• विक्रमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विक्रम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (rājan)
• Pāṇḍavas
• niśācara (night-roamer; the nocturnal warrior, contextually Aśvatthāmā)
• samara (battlefield)