Shloka 21

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

Devanagari script

एकादश द्वादशं च त्रयोदशमथापि च । चतुर्दशं पडचदशं षोडशं च वृकोदर:,परंतु भीमसेनने आधे निमेषमें ही उसे भी काट दिया। इसी प्रकार तीसरे, चौथे, पाँचवें छठे, सातवें, आठवें, नवें, दसवें, ग्यारहवें, बारहवें, तेरहवें, चौदहवें, पंद्रहवें और सोलहदें धनुषको भी भीमसेनने काट डाला

Translation

Then Vṛkodara, Bhīmasena, cut down the eleventh, the twelfth, and the thirteenth bow—and also the fourteenth, the fifteenth, and the sixteenth—in less than half a blink. In the same way he severed the third, the fourth, the fifth, the sixth, the seventh, the eighth, the ninth, the tenth, and likewise the eleventh through the sixteenth bows as well.

Word by Word

एकादशthe eleventh (bow)

द्वादशम्the twelfth (bow)

चand

त्रयोदशम्the thirteenth (bow)

अथthen/next

अपिalso/even

चand

चतुर्दशम्the fourteenth (bow)

पञ्चदशम्the fifteenth (bow)

षोडशम्the sixteenth (bow)

चand

वृकोदरःVṛkodara (Bhīma; lit. 'wolf-bellied')

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

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Sandhi Notes