Shloka 19

भीष्मवधाय प्रयाणम् — The Advance toward Bhīṣma and Counter-Engagements

Devanagari script

दुर्योधनप्रभूतय: प्रगृहीतशरासना: । भृशमश्रैः प्रजवितै: प्रययुर्यत्र ते रथा:,इधर, उस समरभूमिमें अभिमन्युको भीमसेन तथा धृष्टद्युम्नससे मिला हुआ देख आपकी सेनाके दुर्योधन आदि महारथी हाथोंमें धनुष लिये अत्यन्त वेगशाली अअश्रोंद्वारा वहाँ जा पहुँचे, जहाँ वे बारह पाण्डवपक्षीय महारथी विद्यमान थे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | duryodhana-prabhūtayaḥ pragṛhīta-śarāsanāḥ | bhṛśam aśraiḥ prajavitaiḥ prayayur yatra te rathāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Led by Duryodhana, those warriors—bows in hand—drove forward with great force, urged on by swift horses, to the place where those chariots of the Pāṇḍava side were stationed.

Word by Word

दुर्योधनप्रभूतयःthose beginning with Duryodhana (Duryodhana and others)

प्रगृहीतशरासनाःhaving taken up bows

भृशम्exceedingly, greatly

अश्रैःwith weapons/missiles

प्रजवितैःimpelled, sped on; very swift

प्रययुःthey went/advanced

यत्रwhere

तेthose

रथाःchariots

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Duryodhana

horses (aśva)

bows (śarāsana)

chariots (ratha)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes