Shloka 11

अध्याय १५९ — रात्रौ श्रमविरामः

Night Exhaustion and Brief Pause in Battle

Devanagari script

व्यामोहिते तु तनये बाह्लीकस्तमुपाद्रवत्‌

Transliteration

vyāmohite tu tanaye bāhlīkas tam upādravat

Translation

Sanjaya said: But when his son was thrown into confusion and disorientation, Bāhlīka rushed at him—an impulsive act that underscores how, in the chaos of war, even elders may be driven by attachment and factional duty rather than calm discernment.

Word by Word

• व्यामोहिते: when (he) was bewildered
• व्यामोहिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यामोहित
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• तनये: in/when (his) son
• तनये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• बाह्लीकः: Bāhlīka
• बाह्लीकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाह्लीक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उपाद्रवत्: ran up/attacked
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-√द्रु
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bāhlīka
• tanaya (son)