Shloka 61

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 25 — Bhīma’s Disruption of Elephant Formations and Bhagadatta’s Shock Advance

Devanagari script

तं तु नानाप्रहरणैर्नानायुद्धविशेषणै: । राक्षसं राक्षस: क्रुद्ध: समाजघ्ने हुलम्बुष:

Transliteration

taṃ tu nānā-praharaṇair nānā-yuddha-viśeṣaṇaiḥ | rākṣasaṃ rākṣasaḥ kruddhaḥ samājaghne hulambuṣaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Enraged, the rākṣasa Hulambuṣa struck down that rākṣasa with a variety of weapons and diverse modes of combat. The scene underscores the war’s brutal reciprocity—wrath answering wrath—where prowess and rage, rather than restraint, drive the encounter.

Word by Word

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

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

• नाना-प्रहरणैः: with various weapons
• नाना-प्रहरणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाना + प्रहरण
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• नाना-युद्ध-विशेषणैः: with various kinds of fighting-feats/means distinctive of battle
• नाना-युद्ध-विशेषणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाना + युद्ध + विशेषण
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• राक्षसम्: the Rakshasa (demon)
• राक्षसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• राक्षसः: the Rakshasa
• राक्षसः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुध् (क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समाजघ्ने: struck/slew (him) in combat
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + हन् (लिट्/परस्मैपद)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• हुलम्बुषः: Hulambusha
• हुलम्बुषः: Karta
• Type: ProperNoun
• Root: हुलम्बुष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Hulambuṣa
• rākṣasa (demon-warrior)
• weapons (nānā-praharaṇa)