Shloka 26

अध्याय १५९ — रात्रौ श्रमविरामः

Night Exhaustion and Brief Pause in Battle

Devanagari script

जघान पज्चभिर्बाणै: पञ्चैवातिरथान्‌ बली । जैसे वर्षाके वेगसे पर्वत आहत होता है, उसी प्रकार उनके नाराचोंसे घायल होकर बलवान्‌ भीमसेनने अपने पाँच बाणोंद्वारा उन पाँचों अतिरथी वीरोंको मार डाला ।। २५६ || तान्‌ दृष्टवा निहतान्‌ वीरान्‌ विचेलुर्नृपसत्तमा:

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

jaghāna pañcabhir bāṇaiḥ pañcaivātirathān balī |

tān dṛṣṭvā nihatān vīrān vicelur nṛpasattamāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: The mighty Bhīmasena struck down five foremost chariot-warriors with five arrows. Seeing those heroes slain, the best of kings were shaken and wavered—an image of how, in the fury of battle, even the proud and powerful lose steadiness when confronted with sudden, decisive death.

Word by Word

• जघान: slew/killed
• जघान: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (√han)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पञ्चभिः: with five
• पञ्चभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (agreeing with बाणैः), Instrumental, Plural

• बाणैः: with arrows
• बाणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• पञ्च: five
• पञ्च: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च
• Form: Masculine (agreeing with अतिरथान्), Accusative, Plural

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अतिरथान्: great chariot-warriors
• अतिरथान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अतिरथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• बली: the strong one
• बली: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तान्: those (them)
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (√dṛś)
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• निहतान्: slain
• निहतान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि-हन् (√han) → निहत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• वीरान्: heroes/warriors
• वीरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• विचेलुः: they reeled/wavered
• विचेलुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-चल् (√cal)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• नृपसत्तमाः: best of kings (royal chiefs)
• नृपसत्तमाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप-सत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• five ātirathas (unnamed)
• arrows (bāṇa)