Shloka 79

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

Devanagari script

कौरवेषु निवृत्तेषु पाण्डवा जितकाशिन: । सिंहनादान्‌ भृशं चक्र: शड्खान्‌ दश्मुश्न भारत,भारत! कौरवोंके निवृत्त हो जानेपर विजयसे उल्लसित होनेवाले पाण्डव बारंबार सिंहनाद करने और शंख बजाने लगे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | kauraveṣu nivṛtteṣu pāṇḍavā jitakāśinaḥ | siṃhanādān bhṛśaṃ cakruḥ śaṅkhān daśmuś ca bhārata ||

Translation

Sanjaya said: When the Kauravas had withdrawn, the Pandavas—radiant with the joy of victory—raised repeated lion-roars and blew their conches loudly, O Bharata.

Word by Word

• कौरवेषु: among the Kauravas / with respect to the Kauravas
• कौरवेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• निवृत्तेषु: having withdrawn / having turned back
• निवृत्तेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निवृत्त
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• पाण्डवाः: the Pandavas
• पाण्डवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• जितकाशिनः: exulting in victory (lit. whose brightness is conquered/heightened by victory)
• जितकाशिनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जितकाशिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सिंहनादान्: lion-roars
• सिंहनादान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंहनाद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• भृशम्: loudly / greatly
• भृशम्: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृशम्

• चक्रुः: they made / they did
• चक्रुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural

• शङ्खान्: conches
• शङ्खान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्ख
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• दध्मुः: they blew
• दध्मुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्मा
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural

• भारत: O Bharata (descendant of Bharata)
• भारत: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kauravas
• Pāṇḍavas
• Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra as addressee)
• śaṅkha (conch)