Shloka 29

Arjuna’s Advance toward Bhīṣma; The Gāṇḍīva’s Signal and the Armies’ Convergence (भीष्माभिमुखगमनम् — गाण्डीवनिर्घोष-ध्वजवर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

उग्रो भीमरथो भीमो वीरबाहुरलोलुप: । दुर्मुखो दुष्प्रधर्षश्व॒ विवित्सुर्विकट: सम:

Transliteration

ugro bhīmaratho bhīmo vīrabāhur alolupaḥ | durmukho duṣpradharṣaś ca vivitsur vikaṭaḥ samaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “There were also Ugra, Bhīmaratha, Bhīma, Vīrabāhu—free from greed—along with Durmukha, the hard-to-overpower Duṣpradharṣa, Vivitsu, and Vikaṭa, steadfast and even-minded.”

Word by Word

उग्रःfierce

भीमरथःone with a terrible chariot (Bhīmaratha)

भीमःterrible, formidable

वीरबाहुःhero-armed; having mighty arms

अलोलुपःnot greedy; uncovetous

दुर्मुखःDurmukha (proper name); lit. 'evil-faced'

दुष्प्रधर्षःhard to assail; difficult to overpower

चand

विवित्सुःwishing to know; desirous of understanding

विकटःhuge; formidable; grotesque

समःequal; even; impartial

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Ugra

Bhīmaratha

Bhīma

Vīrabāhu

Durmukha

Duṣpradharṣa

Vivitsu

Vikaṭa

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes