Shloka 15

अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च

Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter

Devanagari script

भनुर्मण्डलमेवास्य दृश्यते युधि भारत । सायकाश्रैव दृश्यन्ते निश्चरन्त: समन्ततः

Transliteration

bhānur-maṇḍalam evāsya dṛśyate yudhi bhārata | sāyakāś caiva dṛśyante niścarantaḥ samantataḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O Bhārata, in the midst of battle only the circle of his blazing radiance could be seen; and arrows alone were seen streaming forth in every direction.”

Word by Word

• भानु-मण्डलम्: the sun’s disc
• भानु-मण्डलम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानु-मण्डल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अस्य: of him/of this (one)
• अस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

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

• युधि: in battle
• युधि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सायकाः: arrows
• सायकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सायक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• दृश्यन्ते: are seen/appear
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Atmanepada (passive sense)

• निश्चरन्तः: moving forth/issuing out
• Type: Verb
• Root: निश्चर्
• Form: Present active participle, Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• समन्ततः: on all sides
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra as addressee)
• bhānu-maṇḍala (sun-disc, metaphorical radiance)
• sāyaka (arrows)