Shloka 27

Devanagari script

तदेव॑ समरे पार्थ वर्तमाने महाभये । भीमसेनं समासाद्य त्वां च पाण्डव कौरवा:

Transliteration

tad eva samare pārtha vartamāne mahābhaye | bhīmasenaṃ samāsādya tvāṃ ca pāṇḍava kauravāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „Gerade in jenem Augenblick, o Pārtha, als die Schlacht inmitten großen Schreckens tobte, drängten die Kauravas auf Bhīmasena zu – und ebenso auf dich, o Sohn des Pāṇḍu.“

Word by Word

• तत्: that (same thing/event)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

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

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• पार्थ: O Partha (Arjuna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• वर्तमाने: while occurring/going on
• वर्तमाने: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत्
• Form: present participle (ātmanepada), neuter, locative, singular

• महाभये: in great terror
• महाभये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभय
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• भीमसेनम्: Bhimasena
• भीमसेनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• समासाद्य: having approached/encountered
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√सद्
• Form: absolutive (gerund/क्त्वा), parasmaipada/ātmanepada-neutral

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, accusative, singular

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

• पाण्डव: O Pandava
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• कौरवाः: the Kauravas
• कौरवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna (Pārtha, Pāṇḍava)
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Kauravas
• Samara (battlefield context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the ethical pressure of war: in moments of extreme danger, collective aggression and targeted assault test a warrior’s steadiness (dhairya) and commitment to duty. It highlights how fear and chaos intensify conflict, demanding disciplined response rather than panic.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that during a terrifying phase of the battle, the Kaurava forces advanced to engage and assail Bhīma and also Arjuna, indicating a concentrated attempt to overwhelm key Pāṇḍava champions.