Shloka 1

द्रोणानीकाभिमुखगमनम्

Abhimanyu advances toward Droṇa’s host

Devanagari script

पम्प बछ। अंक पजञ्चत्रिशो<ड्ध्याय: युधिष्ठटिर और अभिमन्युका संवाद तथा व्यूहभेदनके लिये अभिमन्युकी प्रतिज्ञा संजय उवाच तदनीकमनाधृुष्यं भारद्वाजेन रक्षितम्‌ | पार्था: समभ्यवर्तन्त भीमसेनपुरोगमा:,संजय कहते हैं--राजन! द्रोणाचार्यके द्वारा सुरक्षित उस दुर्धर्ष सेनाका भीमसेन आदि कुन्तीपुत्रोंने डटकर सामना किया

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | tad anīkam anādṛṣyaṁ bhāradvājena rakṣitam | pārthāḥ samabhyavartanta bhīmasena-purogamāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: O King, the sons of Pṛthā, led by Bhīmasena, advanced resolutely to confront that formidable battle-array—hard to assail—protected by Droṇa, the son of Bharadvāja.

Word by Word

• {'sañjaya uvāca': 'Sanjaya said', 'tad': 'that', 'anīkam': 'army

• military formation', 'anādṛṣyam (anādhṛṣyam)': 'unassailable

• hard to overpower', 'bhāradvājena': 'by the son of Bharadvāja (Droṇa)', 'rakṣitam': 'protected

• guarded', 'pārthāḥ': 'the sons of Pṛthā (the Pāṇḍavas)', 'samabhyavartanta': 'advanced toward

• moved to engage', 'bhīmasena-purogamāḥ': 'with Bhīmasena in the forefront

• led by Bhīma', 'rājan': 'O King (address to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, implied in context)'}

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Droṇa (Bhāradvāja)
• Bharadvāja
• Pāṇḍavas (sons of Pṛthā)
• Bhīmasena