Shloka 80

भीमसेनस्य बहुमहारथसंयुगः

Bhīmasena’s Engagement with Multiple Mahārathas

Devanagari script

निरीक्षितुं न शेकुस्ते भीष्ममप्रतिमं रणे । मध्यंगतमिवादित्यं प्रतपन्तं स्वतेजसा,घायल होकर भागे हुए सैनिक उत्साहशून्य और अचेत हो रहे थे। वे रणक्षेत्रमें अनुपम वीर भीष्मजीकी ओर आँख उठाकर देख भी न सके, ठीक उसी तरह, जैसे दोपहरमें अपने तेजसे तपते हुए सूर्यकी ओर कोई भी देख नहीं पाता

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | nirīkṣituṁ na śekus te bhīṣmam apratimaṁ raṇe | madhyaṁgatam ivādityaṁ pratapantaṁ svatejasā ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Those warriors could not even raise their eyes to look upon Bhīṣma, unrivalled in battle. He blazed with his own splendor like the sun at midday—so that, struck down and fleeing, the soldiers became spiritless and senseless, unable to face him.

Word by Word

निरीक्षितुम्to look at

नnot

शेकुःwere able

तेthey

भीष्मम्Bhishma

अप्रतिमम्incomparable

रणेin battle

मध्यम्midday / the middle

गतम्gone to / reached

इवas if / like

आदित्यम्the sun

प्रतपन्तम्blazing / scorching

स्वतेजसाby his own radiance

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Bhīṣma

Āditya (the Sun)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes