Shloka 50

भीमसेनस्य बहुमहारथसंयुगः

Bhīmasena’s Engagement with Multiple Mahārathas

Devanagari script

समाभाष्यैवमपरं प्रगृह्म रुचिरं धनु: । मुमोच समरे भीष्म: शरान्‌ पार्थरथं प्रति,“महाबाहो! कुन्तीकुमार! बहुत अच्छा, बहुत अच्छा, तुम्हें साधुवाद।” ऐसा कहकर भीष्मने पुनः दूसरा सुन्दर धनुष लेकर समरांगणमें अर्जुनके रथकी ओर बाणोंकी वर्षा आरम्भ कर दी

Transliteration

samābhāṣyaivam aparaṁ pragṛhya ruciraṁ dhanuḥ | mumoca samare bhīṣmaḥ śarān pārtharathaṁ prati |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Having thus addressed him again, Bhīṣma took up another splendid bow and, in the midst of battle, released a volley of arrows toward the chariot of Pārtha (Arjuna). The scene affirms the warrior’s code: even while praising valor, a kṣatriya does not withdraw from his duty in combat.

Word by Word

समाभाष्यhaving addressed / having spoken

एवम्thus

अपरम्another (one)

प्रगृह्यhaving taken up / having grasped

रुचिरम्beautiful

धनुःbow

मुमोचreleased / discharged

समरेin battle

भीष्मःBhishma

शरान्arrows

पार्थरथम्the chariot of Partha (Arjuna)

प्रतिtowards

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Bhīṣma

Pārtha (Arjuna)

Arjuna’s chariot

bow (dhanuḥ)

arrows (śara)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes