Shloka 20

भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय ६६: तुमुलसंग्रामवर्णनम्

The Tumult of Battle Described

Devanagari script

आविद्धयतो गदां तस्य कौन्तेयस्य महात्मन: । बभौ रूपं महाघोरं कालस्येव युगक्षये,अपनी गदाको घुमाते हुए महामना कुन्तीकुमार भीमसेनका रूप युगान्त-कालके यमराजके समान अत्यन्त भयंकर प्रतीत होता था

Transliteration

āviddhyato gadāṃ tasya kaunteyasya mahātmanaḥ | babhau rūpaṃ mahāghoraṃ kālasy eva yugakṣaye ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: As that great-souled son of Kuntī whirled his mace, his form appeared exceedingly dreadful—like Time itself at the end of an age—striking terror into the battlefield and foreshadowing inevitable destruction for those who opposed him.

Word by Word

आविद्धयतःof (him) whirling/brandishing

गदाम्mace

तस्यof him

कौन्तेयस्यof the son of Kunti

महात्मनःof the great-souled

बभौshone/appeared

रूपम्form/appearance

महा-घोरम्very terrible

कालस्यof Time/Death

इवlike/as if

युग-क्षयेat the end of an age

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Kaunteya (Bhīmasena)

Gadā (mace)

Kāla (Time/Death)

Yuga-kṣaya (end of an age)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes