Shloka 20

Devanagari script

संजय उवाच तस्मिन्‌ प्रशान्ते विधिना तेन तेजसि दुःसहे । बभूवुर्विमला: सर्वा दिश: प्रदिश एव च,संजय कहते हैं-राजन! उस विधिसे उस दुःसह तेजके शान्त हो जानेपर सारी दिशाएँ और विदिशाएँ निर्मल हो गयीं। शीतल सुखद वायु चलने लगी। पशु-पक्षियोंका आर्तनाद बंद हो गया तथा उस दुर्जय अस्त्रके शान्त होनेपर सारे वाहन भी सुखी हो गये

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca tasmin praśānte vidhinā tena tejasī duḥsahe | babhūvur vimalāḥ sarvā diśaḥ pradiśa eva ca ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: O King, when that unbearable blaze was ritually brought to rest, all the quarters and intermediate directions became clear and pure again.

Word by Word

संजयःSanjaya

उवाचsaid

तस्मिन्in/when that (was)

प्रशान्तेhaving become pacified/ceased

विधिनाby (due) rite/method

तेनby that

तेजसिin the fiery energy/splendor

दुःसहेhard to endure

बभूवुःbecame

विमलाःpure/clear

सर्वाःall

दिशःdirections

प्रदिशःintermediate directions

एवindeed/also

चand

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

the King (Dhritarashtra, implied)

the directions (diśaḥ)

the intermediate directions (pradiśaḥ)

the unbearable fiery power (tejas; implied astric/weapon-force)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes