Shloka 46

अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च

Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter

Devanagari script

युध्यमानांस्तु तान्‌ दूरान्मनुजेन्द्र प्रतापवान्‌

Transliteration

yudhyamānāṁs tu tān dūrān manu-jendra pratāpavān

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O lord of men, the mighty one, seeing those warriors engaged in battle at a distance…”

Word by Word

• युध्यमानान्: those who were fighting
• युध्यमानान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युध् (धातु) → युध्यमान (वर्तमानकाले शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्ययः, आत्मनेपदी)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• दूरात्: from afar
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दूर (प्रातिपदिक)

• मनुजेन्द्र: O king of men
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुज + इन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• प्रतापवान्: the mighty/valorous one
• प्रतापवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतापवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by address: manujendra)