Shloka 66

Nakula–Śakuni Duel and the Night Battle; Śikhaṇḍin–Kṛpa Engagement (नकुल-शकुनियुद्धं तथा रात्रियुद्धवर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

एवमुक्तो महाबाहुर्वासुदेवेन पाण्डव: । मनसा पूजयामास भूरिश्रवसमाहवे

Transliteration

evam ukto mahābāhur vāsudevena pāṇḍavaḥ | manasā pūjayāmāsa bhūriśravasam āhave ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Thus addressed by Vāsudeva, the mighty-armed Pāṇḍava, even amid the battle, inwardly honored Bhūriśravas—affirming that reverence for valor and worth can be maintained in war without abandoning one’s own duty.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उक्तः: having been spoken to / addressed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• महाबाहुः: the mighty-armed one
• महाबाहुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाबाहु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वासुदेवेन: by Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• वासुदेवेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• पाण्डवः: the Pāṇḍava (Arjuna)
• पाण्डवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मनसा: with (his) mind
• मनसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• पूजयामास: honoured / paid reverence
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज्
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भूरिश्रवसम्: Bhūriśravas
• भूरिश्रवसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूरिश्रवस्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आहवे: in battle
• आहवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• Pāṇḍava (Arjuna)
• Bhūriśravas
• battlefield (āhava)