Shloka 1096

Adhyāya 141 — Night duels: Śaineya and Bhūriśravas; Droṇi and Ghaṭotkaca; Bhīma and Duryodhana

Devanagari script

विरराम रणात्‌ तस्मात्‌ पश्यतां सर्वधन्विनाम्‌ । भीमसेनका यह अभिप्राय जानकर बुद्धिमानोंमें श्रेष्ठ कर्ण समस्त धनुर्धरोंके सामने ही उस युद्धसे हट गया

Transliteration

virarāma raṇāt tasmāt paśyatāṁ sarva-dhanvinām |

Translation

Sañjaya said: In full view of all the bowmen, he ceased from that combat and withdrew from the battlefield. Perceiving Bhīmasena’s intent, Karṇa—foremost among the wise—stepped back from the fight before the assembled archers, a moment that underscores how even the mightiest warriors sometimes choose restraint and tactical withdrawal amid the pressures of dharma and reputation.

Word by Word

• विरराम: ceased, desisted
• विरराम: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√रम् (रमुँ)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), 3, singular

• रणात्: from the battle
• रणात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: masculine, ablative, singular

• तस्मात्: from that (place/occasion)
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, ablative, singular

• पश्यताम्: of (those) seeing; while (they) watched
• पश्यताम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश्
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), genitive, plural, masculine

• सर्व: of all
• सर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• धन्विनाम्: of archers
• धन्विनाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन्विन्
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Karṇa
• archers/bowmen (sarva-dhanvin)