Shloka 27

Droṇa’s sweeping assault and the Abhimanyu–Jayadratha close-quarters episode (द्रोणस्य भीषणव्यचरितम् / सौभद्र-जयद्रथ-संनिपातः)

Devanagari script

न चैनं पाण्डवेयानां कश्षिच्छक्नोति भारत । वीक्षितुं समरे क्रुद्धें महेन्द्रमिव दानवा:,भरतनन्दन! जैसे दानवदल क्रोधमें भरे हुए देवराज इन्द्रकी ओर देखनेका साहस नहीं करता है, उसी प्रकार पाण्डव-सेनाका कोई भी वीर समरभूमिमें द्रोणाचार्यकी ओर आँख उठाकर देख न सका

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

na cainaṃ pāṇḍaveyānāṃ kaścit śaknoti bhārata |

vīkṣituṃ samare kruddhe mahendram iva dānavāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: O Bhārata, in that battle, when he was inflamed with wrath, none on the Pāṇḍavas’ side had the power even to look upon him—just as the Dānavas cannot bear to gaze at Mahendra (Indra) when he is roused.

Word by Word

नnot

चand

एनम्him (this one)

पाण्डवेयानाम्of the Pandava-side warriors

कश्चित्anyone, any (one)

शक्नोतिis able

भारतO Bharata

वीक्षितुम्to look at, to behold

समरेin battle

क्रुद्धम्enraged

महेन्द्रम्Mahendra (Indra)

इवlike, as

दानवाःthe Danavas (demons)

भरतनन्दनO joy of Bharata (descendant of Bharata)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by address 'Bhārata')

Pāṇḍavas / Pāṇḍava army

Droṇācārya (implied by context: the one none could look at)

Mahendra (Indra)

Dānavas

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes