Shloka 126

भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय ६६: तुमुलसंग्रामवर्णनम्

The Tumult of Battle Described

Devanagari script

विनिधघ्नन्‌ व्यचरत्‌ संख्ये युगान्ते कालवदू विभु: । फिर वे प्रभावशाली बलवान पाण्डुनन्दन रथियों और घोड़ोंके समूहको नष्ट करके अपनी भुजाओंके वेगसे रथोंके समुदायको खींचते और नष्ट करते हुए प्रलयकालके यमराजकी भाँति संग्रामभूमिमें विचरने लगे

Transliteration

vinidhaghnan vyacarat saṅkhye yugānte kālavad vibhūḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Slaying without pause, the mighty one moved about in the battle like Time itself at the end of an age—overpowering the enemy’s charioteers and horses, dragging and shattering chariots by the sheer force of his arms, and roaming the field like Yama at the hour of dissolution.

Word by Word

• विनिधघ्नन्: destroying, slaying
• विनिधघ्नन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: विनिधन् (वि-√हन्)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• व्यचरत्: moved about, roamed
• व्यचरत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√चर्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• संख्ये: in battle
• संख्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संख्या
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• युगान्ते: at the end of an age (world-cycle)
• युगान्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युगान्त
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• कालवत्: like Time (Death)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कालवत्
• Form: तुल्योपमा-अव्यय (vat)

• विभुः: the mighty one, the powerful (hero)
• विभुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍunandana (a son of Pāṇḍu; the hero described)
• Kāla (Time personified)
• Yama
• battlefield (saṅkhya)
• chariots
• horses
• charioteers/warriors (rathin implied by the Hindi gloss)