Shloka 43

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

Devanagari script

भगदत्त: प्रभिन्नेन कुड्जरेण विशाम्पते । अभ्ययात्‌ सहसा तत्र यत्र भीमो व्यवस्थित:,प्रजानाथ! राजा भगदत्त मदवर्षी गजराजपर आरूढ़ हो सहसा उस स्थानपर आ पहुँचे, जहाँ भीमसेन खड़े थे

Transliteration

bhagadattaḥ prabhinnena kuñjareṇa viśāmpate | abhyayāt sahasā tatra yatra bhīmo vyavasthitaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: O lord of the people, King Bhagadatta, mounted on a rut-maddened elephant that had broken through the ranks, suddenly charged to the very spot where Bhīma stood ready.

Word by Word

• भगदत्तः: Bhagadatta
• भगदत्तः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगदत्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रभिन्नेन: with a rut-maddened/violently charging
• प्रभिन्नेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रभिन्न (प्र + √भिद्)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• कुञ्जरेण: elephant
• कुञ्जरेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुञ्जर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• विशाम्पते: O lord of the people (king)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशाम्पति (विशाम् + पति)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अभ्ययात्: came up/approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + √या
• Form: Aorist (simple aorist), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सहसा: suddenly, swiftly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• भीमः: Bhima
• भीमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• व्यवस्थितः: standing, stationed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यवस्थित (वि + अव + √स्था)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhagadatta
• Bhīma (Bhīmasena)
• Elephant (kuñjara/gajarāja)
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by viśāmpate)