Shloka 40

अन्धकार-रजःसंमूढे रणाङ्गणे प्रदीपप्रकाशः | Illumination of the Army in Darkness and Dust

Devanagari script

विक्रमं भुजयोर्वीर्य धैर्य च विदितात्मन: । पुत्रास्तव महाराज दृष्टवा विमनसो5भवन्‌,महाराज! सुविख्यात भीमसेनके पराक्रम, बाहुबल और धैर्यको देखकर आपके सभी पुत्र उदास हो गये

Transliteration

vikramaṁ bhujayor vīryaṁ dhairyaṁ ca viditātmanaḥ | putrās tava mahārāja dṛṣṭvā vimanaso 'bhavan ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: O great king, seeing the famed Bhīmasena—known for prowess, arm-strength, valor, and steadfast courage—your sons grew disheartened. The sight of such disciplined power shook their confidence amid the war’s moral and physical pressures.

Word by Word

• विक्रमम्: valor, prowess
• विक्रमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विक्रम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भुजयोः: of (his) two arms
• भुजयोः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुज
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Dual

• वीर्यम्: strength, heroism
• वीर्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• धैर्यम्: steadfastness, courage
• धैर्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धैर्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• विदितात्मनः: of the self-knowing (one)
• विदितात्मनः: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विदितात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पुत्राः: sons
• पुत्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तव: your
• तव: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• विमनसः: dejected, dispirited
• विमनसः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमनस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अभवन्: became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Bhīmasena
• Kaurava sons (Dhṛtarāṣṭra's sons)