Shloka 9

भीमसेनस्य बहुमहारथसंयुगः

Bhīmasena’s Engagement with Multiple Mahārathas

Devanagari script

तथैवान्ये महीपाला नानादेशसमागता: । पाण्डवानभ्यवर्तन्त विविधायुधपाणय:,इसी प्रकार विभिन्न देशोंसे आये हुए अन्य भूपाल भी हाथोंमें नाना प्रकारके अस्त्र-शस्त्र लिये पाण्डवोंपर आक्रमण करने लगे

Transliteration

tathaivānye mahīpālā nānādeśasamāgatāḥ | pāṇḍavān abhyavartanta vividhāyudhapāṇayaḥ ||

Translation

Sanjaya said: “In the same way, other kings too—having assembled from many different regions—advanced against the Pāṇḍavas, their hands bearing a variety of weapons. Thus the conflict widens beyond a single rivalry into a pan-regional war, where rulers, driven by alliance, ambition, and duty as they perceive it, press into violence that will test dharma on the battlefield.”

Word by Word

तथाthus, in the same way

एवindeed, just

अन्येother (ones)

महीपालाkings, rulers (lit. protectors of the earth)

नानाvarious, many kinds of

देशfrom countries/regions

समागताःassembled, having come together

पाण्डवान्the Pandavas

अभ्यवर्तन्तattacked, advanced against

विविधwith various

आयुधweapons

पाणयःhands (as possessors/holders)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Pāṇḍavas

mahīpālāḥ (kings/rulers)

āyudhāni (weapons)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes