Shloka 78

Devanagari script

ततः प्रहस्य समरे भैमसेनिर्महाबल:

Transliteration

tataḥ prahasya samare bhaimasenir mahābalaḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then, laughing aloud in the midst of battle, the mighty Bhīmasena—strong and unshaken—advanced with grim confidence, as if to declare by his very demeanor that fear has no place where resolve and righteous wrath have been awakened.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततस्
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from that/thereupon')

• प्रहस्य: having laughed
• प्रहस्य: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-हस् (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त), indeclinable: 'having laughed'

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, locative singular

• भैमसेनिः: Bhīmasena's son (Bhīmaseni = Ghaṭotkaca)
• भैमसेनिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भैमसेनि
• Form: Masculine, nominative singular

• महाबलः: mighty, of great strength
• महाबलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबल
• Form: Masculine, nominative singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīmasena (Bhaimaseni)