Shloka 22

भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय ६६: तुमुलसंग्रामवर्णनम्

The Tumult of Battle Described

Devanagari script

यतो यतः प्रेक्षते सम गदामुद्यम्य पाण्डव: । तेन तेन सम दीर्यन्ते सर्वसैन्यानि भारत,भारत! भीमसेन गदा उठाकर जिस-जिस ओर देखते थे, उधर-उधरसे सारी सेनाओंमें दरार पड़ जाती थी (वहाँके सैनिक भागकर स्थान खाली कर देते थे)

Transliteration

yato yataḥ prekṣate sa gadām udyamya pāṇḍavaḥ | tena tena sama dīryante sarvasainyāni bhārata ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Wherever that Pāṇḍava—Bhīmasena—looked while brandishing his mace, in that very direction the entire ranks of the armies split apart, O Bhārata.

Word by Word

• यतः: from wherever
• यतः: Apadana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतस्
• Form: Ablatival adverb (source/point): 'from/wherever'

• यतः: from wherever
• यतः: Apadana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतस्
• Form: Ablatival adverb (source/point): 'from/wherever'

• प्रेक्षते: looks (towards)
• प्रेक्षते: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रेक्ष्
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Ātmanepada, 3rd person singular

• समम्: straight / evenly / directly
• समम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम
• Form: Adverb

• गदाम्: mace
• गदाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदा
• Form: Feminine, accusative, singular

• उद्यम्य: having raised
• उद्यम्य: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-यम्
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), 'having lifted/raised'

• पाण्डवः: the Pandava (Bhima)
• पाण्डवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• तेन: by that / in that direction
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter/Masculine, instrumental, singular

• तेन: by that / in that direction
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter/Masculine, instrumental, singular

• समम्: straight / evenly / directly
• समम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम
• Form: Adverb

• दीर्यन्ते: are split / are rent
• दीर्यन्ते: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: दॄ
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Ātmanepada, 3rd person plural; passive/intransitive sense 'are torn/split'

• सर्वसैन्यानि: all the armies
• सर्वसैन्यानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-सैन्य
• Form: Neuter, nominative, plural

• भारत: O Bharata
• भारत: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, vocative, singular

• भारत: O Bharata
• भारत: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīmasena
• Pāṇḍava
• gadā (mace)
• sarvasainyāni (armies)
• Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra/descendant of Bharata)