Shloka 76

भीमसेनस्य बहुमहारथसंयुगः

Bhīmasena’s Engagement with Multiple Mahārathas

Devanagari script

तौ रथस्थौ नरव्याप्रौ भीष्म: शान्तनव: पुन:

Transliteration

tau rathasthau naravyāprāu bhīṣmaḥ śāntanavaḥ punaḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: Those two mighty men, standing upon their chariots—Bhīṣma, the son of Śāntanu—once again came into view (or rejoined the fray). The line marks Bhīṣma’s renewed prominence on the battlefield, where an elder’s formidable duty returns despite the moral weight of kin-slaying and fratricidal war.

Word by Word

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• रथस्थौ: standing on the chariot / chariot-mounted
• रथस्थौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रथस्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• नरव्याघ्रौ: two tiger-like men / best of men (two)
• नरव्याघ्रौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरव्याघ्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• भीष्मः: Bhishma
• भीष्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शान्तनवः: son of Shantanu
• शान्तनवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तनव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुनः: again / moreover
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīṣma
• Śāntanu
• chariot