Shloka 163

अध्याय १५९ — रात्रौ श्रमविरामः

Night Exhaustion and Brief Pause in Battle

Devanagari script

पुत्रास्ते5 भ्यर्दयन्‌ भीम॑ दश दाशरथे: समा: । नरश्रेष्ठ) वीर बाह्लीकके मारे जानेपर श्रीरामचन्द्रजीके समान पराक्रमी आपके दस पुत्र भीमसेनको पीड़ा देने लगे

Transliteration

putrās te 'bhyardayan bhīmaṃ daśa dāśaratheḥ samāḥ | naraśreṣṭhā vīrā bāhlīkaṃ māre jāne para śrīrāmacandrajīke samāna-parākramī āpake daśa putrā bhīmasenako pīḍā dene lage |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Your ten sons—warriors whose prowess matched that of Rāma, Daśaratha’s son—began to press and torment Bhīma. After Bāhlīka’s fall, they closed in upon Bhīmasena, seeking to overwhelm him by a concerted assault.

Word by Word

• पुत्राः: sons
• पुत्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ते: those/your
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अभ्यर्दयन्: pained/tormented
• अभ्यर्दयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-√अर्द्
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• भीमम्: Bhima
• भीमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दश: ten
• दश: Karta
• Type: Numeral
• Root: दश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दाशरथेः: of the son of Dasharatha (Rama)
• दाशरथेः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाशरथि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• समाः: equal (to)
• समाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Dhritarashtra (implied by 'your')
• Bhima (Bhimasena)
• Daśaratha’s son Rama (Rāma/Dāśarathi)
• Bahlika
• Dhritarashtra’s ten sons (the Kauravas)