Shloka 17

भीष्मवधाय प्रयाणम् — The Advance toward Bhīṣma and Counter-Engagements

Devanagari script

तान्‌ नामृष्यत कौन्तेयो जीवमाना गता इति । अन्वीय च पुन: सर्वास्तव पुत्रानपीडयत्‌,परंतु वे जीवित लौट गये; यह बात भीमसेनसे नहीं सही गयी। उन्होंने पुन आपके उन सब पुत्रोंका पीछा करके उन्हें अपने बाणोंसे पीड़ित कर दिया

Transliteration

tān nāmṛṣyata kaunteyo jīvamānā gatā iti | anvīya ca punaḥ sarvāstava putrān apīḍayat |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Bhīmasena, the son of Kuntī, could not endure the thought that they had escaped alive. Pursuing them again, he pressed hard upon all your sons, wounding and harassing them with his arrows.

Word by Word

तान्those (men)

नnot

अमृष्यतdid not endure / could not bear

कौन्तेयःthe son of Kuntī (Bhīma/Arjuna; here Bhīma)

जीवमानाःbeing alive / alive

गताःgone / having departed

इतिthus (quotative)

अन्वीयhaving followed

चand

पुनःagain

सर्वान्all

तवyour

पुत्रान्sons

अपिalso / even

अपीडयत्tormented / afflicted

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Kaunteya (Bhīmasena)

Kuntī

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'tava')

Dhṛtarāṣṭra's sons (the Kauravas)

arrows (bāṇa, implied by context)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes