Shloka 79

अस्त्रयुद्धे द्रौणिपार्थसंघर्षः — Karṇa’s Bhārgavāstra and the Search for Yudhiṣṭhira

Chapter 45

Devanagari script

बाहुभ्यामुद्धरेद्‌ भूमिं दहेत्‌ क्रुद्ध इमा: प्रजा: । पातयेत्‌ त्रिदिवाद देवान्‌ योडर्जुनं समरे जयेत्‌,जो समरांगणमें अर्जुनको जीत ले, वह मानो अपनी दोनों भुजाओंसे पृथ्वीको उठा सकता है, कुपित होनेपर इस सारी प्रजाको दग्ध कर सकता है तथा देवताओंको भी स्वर्गसे नीचे गिरा सकता है

Transliteration

bāhubhyām uddhared bhūmiṃ dahet kruddha imāḥ prajāḥ | pātayet tridivād devān yo 'rjunaṃ samare jayet ||

Translation

Śalya said: “He who can defeat Arjuna in battle could, as it were, lift up the earth with his two arms; if enraged, he could burn these peoples, and he could even cast the gods down from heaven.”

Word by Word

बाहुभ्याम्with (his) two arms

उद्धरेत्could lift up

भूमिम्the earth

दहेत्could burn

क्रुद्धःbeing enraged

इमाःthese

प्रजाःcreatures/subjects

पातयेत्could cause to fall

त्रिदिवात्from heaven (the threefold heaven)

देवान्the gods

यःwho

अर्जुनम्Arjuna

समरेin battle

जयेत्could conquer

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śalya

Arjuna

Devas

Tridiva (heaven)

Bhūmi (earth)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes