Shloka 38

Bhīṣma-nipāta-saṃvāda — Sañjaya’s Report of Bhīṣma’s Fall (भीष्मनिपातसंवादः)

Devanagari script

रक्ष्ममाण: कथं वीरैगोप्यमानाश्न तेन ते । दुर्जयानामनीकानि नाजयंस्तरसा युधि,जब मेरे पक्षके बहुत-से वीर उनकी रक्षा करते थे और वे भी उन वीरोंकी रक्षामें दत्तचित्त थे, तब भी उन सब लोगोंने मिलकर शत्रुपक्षकी दुर्जय सेनाओंको कैसे वेगपूर्वक परास्त नहीं कर दिया?

Translation

“When many heroes on my side were guarding them, and they too were intent on protecting those heroes, how was it that, even together, they did not swiftly overthrow in battle the enemy’s hard-to-conquer armies?”

Word by Word

रक्ष्यमाणाःbeing protected

कथम्how

वीरैःby heroes/warriors

गोप्यमानाःbeing guarded

अथthen/indeed

तेनby him/thereby

तेthey

दुर्जयानाम्of the hard-to-conquer

अनीकानिarmies/battalions

नnot

अजयन्they conquered/defeated

तरसाwith speed/impetuosity

युधिin battle

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