Shloka 142

अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च

Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नेव काले च विजय: शत्रुतापन:,भारत! इसी समय शत्रुओंको संताप देनेवाले अर्जुनने आपकी सेनाके सैकड़ों और हजारों योद्धाओंको आपके वीर पुत्रके देखते-देखते मार डाला

Transliteration

etasminn eva kāle ca vijayaḥ śatrutāpanaḥ | bhārata! asmin samaye śatrūṇāṃ santāpa-deno 'rjunaḥ tava senāyāḥ śatāni sahasrāṇi ca yoddhṝn tava vīra-putrasya dṛśyataḥ dṛśyataḥ mārayām āsa |

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „In eben diesem Augenblick, o Bhārata, erschlug Arjuna—Vijaya genannt, der Feindversenger—vor den Augen deines tapferen Sohnes Hunderte und Tausende von Kriegern aus deinem Heer.“

Word by Word

• एतस्मिन्: in this
• एतस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• काले: at the time
• काले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• विजयः: Arjuna (the victorious one)/victory
• विजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विजय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शत्रुतापनः: scorcher of enemies
• शत्रुतापनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत्रुतापन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by address ‘Bhārata’)
• Arjuna
• Vijaya (epithet of Arjuna)
• Kaurava army
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son (Duryodhana implied)