Shloka 15

Bhīmasena’s Kalinga Engagement and the Approach of Bhīṣma (भीमसेन-कालिङ्ग-संग्रामः)

Devanagari script

प्रगृहीतैः सुसंरब्धा द्रवमाणास्ततस्ततः । व्यदृश्यन्त महाराज परस्परजिघांसव:

Transliteration

pragṛhītaiḥ susaṃrabdhā dravamāṇās tataḥ tataḥ | vyadṛśyanta mahārāja parasparajighāṃsavaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: O King, seized and pressed hard, they were seen fleeing in different directions—each intent on killing the other.

Word by Word

• प्रगृहीतैः: with seized/held (weapons)
• प्रगृहीतैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-गृहीत (√ग्रह्)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सुसंरब्धाः: highly enraged
• सुसंरब्धाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-संरब्ध (√रभ्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• द्रवमाणाः: running about / rushing
• द्रवमाणाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्रवमाण (√द्रु)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ततः: from there / thence
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• ततः: from there (here and there)
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• व्यदृश्यन्त: were seen / appeared
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√दृश्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Plural, Atmanepada

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• परस्पर-जिघांसवः: desiring to kill one another
• परस्पर-जिघांसवः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परस्पर + जिघांसु (√हन्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra