Shloka 53

गौरुडव्यूह-रचना तथा अर्धचन्द्र-प्रत्यव्यूह

Garuḍa Array and the Ardhacandra Counter-Formation

Devanagari script

तरसा वारयामास मनत्तो मत्तमिव द्विपम्‌ । श्वेतने धनुष खींचकर सात बाणोंद्वारा भीष्मको बेध डाला। तब पराक्रमी भीष्मने बैतके उस पराक्रमको स्वयं पराक्रम करके वेगपूर्वक रोक दिया; मानो किसी मतवाले हाथीने दूसरे मतवाले हाथीको रोक दिया हो ।। ५२ है ।। श्वेत: शान्तनवं भूय: शरै: संनतपर्वभि:

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | tarasā vārayāmāsa manatto mattam iva dvipam | śvetaḥ śāntanavaṃ bhūyaḥ śaraiḥ sannatapārva-bhiḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: With swift force he checked him, as though a maddened elephant were restraining another maddened elephant. Then Śveta once again pierced Śāntanava (Bhīṣma) with arrows whose joints were well-set.

Word by Word

तरसाwith speed, by force

वारयामासstopped, checked

मनत्तःmaddened, intoxicated

मत्तम्maddened

इवas if, like

द्विपम्elephant

श्वेतःŚveta (proper name)

शान्तनवम्the son of Śantanu (Bhīṣma)

भूयःagain, further

शरैःwith arrows

सन्नतपर्वभिःwith (arrows) having bent joints/knots

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Śveta

Śāntanava (Bhīṣma)

arrows (śara)

elephant (dvipa)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes