Shloka 103

Adhyāya 35 — Bhīmasena’s Counter-Encirclement and the Karṇa Engagement Escalation

Devanagari script

आरुरोह महातेजा: शल्य: सिंह इवाचलम्‌ । तदनन्तर जैसे सिंह पर्वतपर चढ़ता है, उसी प्रकार महातेजस्वी शल्य कर्णके दुर्जय, विशाल एवं श्रेष्ठ रथपर आरूढ़ हुए

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | āruroha mahātejāḥ śalyaḥ siṃha ivācalam |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then the mighty Śalya mounted Karṇa’s vast, excellent, and hard-to-conquer chariot—like a lion climbing a mountain—signaling steadfast resolve and the grim escalation of the war’s duty-bound violence.

Word by Word

• आरुरोह: mounted / ascended
• आरुरोह: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-रुह्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, singular, Parasmaipada

• महातेजाः: the very radiant/majestic one
• महातेजाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महातेजस्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• शल्यः: Shalya
• शल्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शल्य
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• सिंहः: a lion
• सिंहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंह
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• इव: like / as
• इव: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अचलम्: a mountain
• अचलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अचल
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Śalya
• lion (simile)
• mountain (simile)
• chariot (implied by context; Karṇa’s chariot)