Shloka 36

Rajo-dhūli-saṃmūḍha-saṅgrāmaḥ

The Dust-Obscured Battle and Mutual Charges

Devanagari script

तमुद्यन्तमुदीक्ष्याथ महेष्वासं महाबलम्‌ | संत्रस्ता पाण्डवी सेना वातवेगहतेव नौ:,उस समय महाधनुर्धर महाबली भीष्मको युद्धके लिये उद्यत देख पाण्डवसेना वायुके वेगसे डगमग होनेवाली नौकाकी भाँति काँपने लगी

Transliteration

tam udyantam udīkṣyātha maheṣvāsaṃ mahābalam | saṃtrastā pāṇḍavī senā vātavega-hateva nauḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Seeing Bhīṣma—the mighty warrior, master of the great bow—rise up ready for battle, the Pāṇḍava army was seized with fear and began to tremble, like a boat battered by the force of the wind.

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उद्यन्तम्: rising/readying (for battle)
• उद्यन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्यत (उद्+यम्)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उदीक्ष्य: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्+ईक्ष्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• महा-इष्वासम्: the great archer
• महा-इष्वासम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेष्वास
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महा-बलम्: very strong/mighty
• महा-बलम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• संत्रस्ता: terrified
• संत्रस्ता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संत्रस्त (सम्+त्रस्)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• पाण्डवी: of the Pandavas
• पाण्डवी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाण्डवी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सेना: army
• सेना: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेना
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• वात-वेग-हता: struck by the force of the wind
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वातवेगहत
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• नौः: boat
• Type: Noun
• Root: नौ
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अकम्पत: trembled/shook
• Type: Verb
• Root: कम्प्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), Third, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīṣma
• Pāṇḍava army
• boat (nauḥ)
• wind (vāta)