Shloka 20

भीमसेनस्य बहुमहारथसंयुगः

Bhīmasena’s Engagement with Multiple Mahārathas

Devanagari script

संग्रामे भीष्ममासाद्य व्यादितास्यमिवान्तकम्‌ । निमग्ना: परलोकाय सवाजिरथकुज्जरा:

Transliteration

saṅgrāme bhīṣmam āsādya vyāditāsyam ivāntakam | nimagnāḥ paralokāya savājirathakuñjarāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: In the thick of battle, when they encountered Bhīṣma—like Death himself with gaping jaws—the warriors, with their horses, chariots, and elephants, seemed swallowed up, sinking toward the world beyond.

Word by Word

• संग्रामे: in battle
• संग्रामे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्राम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• भीष्मम्: Bhishma
• भीष्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आसाद्य: having approached (met/attacked)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + सद्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), having approached/attacked

• व्यादितास्यम्: with mouth wide open
• व्यादितास्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यादित-आस्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इव: like/as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अन्तकम्: Death (the Ender)
• अन्तकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• निमग्नाः: sunk/immersed; plunged
• निमग्नाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निमग्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• परलोकाय: for the next world
• परलोकाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: परलोक
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• स: with (together with)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वाजि: horses
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाजि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• रथ: chariots
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कुञ्जराः: elephants
• कुञ्जराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुञ्जर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīṣma
• Antaka (Death)
• horses
• chariots
• elephants
• battlefield (saṅgrāma)