Shloka 45

Vāsudeva-Māhātmya: Duryodhana’s Inquiry and Bhīṣma’s Theological Account of Keśava

Devanagari script

इति तत्‌ कुरु कौन्तेय सत्यं वाक्यमरिंदम । बीभत्सो पश्य सैन्यं स्वं भज्यमानं ततस्ततः,“वीर! पहले राजाओंकी मण्डलीमें तुमने जो यह कहा था कि “जो मेरे साथ संग्रामभूमिमें उतरकर युद्ध करेंगे, दुर्योधनके उन भीष्म, द्रोण आदि समस्त सैनिकोंको मैं सगे-सम्बन्धियोंसहित मार डालूँगा।” शत्रुसूदन कुन्तीनन्दन! अपनी उस बातको सत्य कर दिखाओ। अर्जुन! देखो, तुम्हारी सेना इधर-उधर भाग रही है

Transliteration

iti tat kuru kaunteya satyaṁ vākyam ariṁdama | bībhatsaḥ paśya sainyaṁ svaṁ bhajyamānaṁ tatastataḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Therefore, O son of Kunti, O crusher of foes, make your word true. O Bibhatsu, look—your own army is being broken and scattered here and there.”

Word by Word

इतिthus

तत्that (thing/statement)

कुरुdo, make (it)

कौन्तेयO son of Kunti

सत्यम्true

वाक्यम्statement, word

अरिंदमO subduer of foes

बीभत्सोO Arjuna (Bibhatsu)

पश्यsee, behold

सैन्यम्army

स्वम्your own

भज्यमानम्being broken/defeated, being routed

ततःfrom there, thence

ततःfrom there (here and there)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Arjuna (Kaunteya, Bibhatsu, Arindama)

the (Pandava) army

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes