Shloka 37

रात्रौ युद्धप्रवृत्तिः — Night Battle Begins; Duryodhana’s Protective Orders for Droṇa

Droṇa-parva 139

Devanagari script

स रवस्तस्य शूरस्य धर्मराजस्य भारत । आचख्याविव तद्‌ युद्ध विजयं चात्मनो महत्‌,भारत! उस सिंहनादने धर्मराज युधिष्ठिरको शूरवीर भीमके उस युद्धकी तथा अपनी महान्‌ विजयकी मानो सूचना दे दी

Transliteration

sa ravastasyāḥ śūrasya dharmarājasya bhārata | ācakhyāv iva tad yuddha-vijayaṃ cātmano mahat ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: O Bhārata, that lion-like roar of the heroic Bhīma seemed, as it were, to announce to Dharmarāja Yudhiṣṭhira the outcome of that combat and Bhīma’s own great victory.

Word by Word

सःhe/that (roar)

रवःroar, loud sound

तस्यof him/of that

शूरस्यof the hero

धर्मराजस्यof Dharmaraja (Yudhiṣṭhira)

भारतO Bhārata

आचख्यौtold, announced, made known

इवas if

तत्that

युद्धbattle, war

विजयम्victory

चand

आत्मनःof himself

महत्great

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Bhīma

Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra/lineage address)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes