Shloka 20

अभिमन्युवधः

Abhimanyu’s Fall and the Battlefield Aftermath

Devanagari script

शीघ्रतां नरसिंहस्य पाण्डवेयस्य पश्यत । धनुर्मण्डलमेवास्य रथमार्गेषु दृश्यते

Transliteration

śīghratāṃ narasiṃhasya pāṇḍaveyasya paśyata | dhanur-maṇḍalam evāsya ratha-mārgeṣu dṛśyate ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Behold the swiftness of that lion among men—the son of the Pāṇḍus. Along the tracks of his chariot, only the circling arc of his bow is seen.”

Word by Word

• शीघ्रताम्: swiftness, speed
• शीघ्रताम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शीघ्रता
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• नरसिंहस्य: of the man-lion (hero)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरसिंह
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पाण्डवेयस्य: of the son/descendant of Pandu (Pandava)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाण्डवेय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पश्यत: see!, behold!
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Imperative (Loṭ), Second, Plural

• धनुः: bow
• धनुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मण्डलम्: circle, ring
• मण्डलम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मण्डल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed, only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अस्य: of him, his
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• रथमार्गेषु: on the chariot-tracks/paths
• रथमार्गेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथमार्ग
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• दृश्यते: is seen, appears
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Present (Laṭ), Third, Singular, Ātmanepada (passive sense)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍaveya (a Pāṇḍava warrior, likely Arjuna in context)
• bow
• chariot
• chariot-tracks/paths (ratha-mārga)