Shloka 7

Devanagari script

उवाच चाद्याहमहं दुरात्मन्‌ पास्यामि ते शोणितमाजिमध्ये । अथैवमुक्तस्तनयस्तवाग्रां शक्ति वेगात्‌ प्राहिणोन्मृत्युरूपाम्‌,फिर वे इस प्रकार बोले--“दुरात्मन! आज इस संग्राममें मैं तेरा रक्त-पान करूँगा।' भीमके ऐसा कहते ही आपके पुत्रने उनके ऊपर बड़े वेगसे एक भयंकर शक्ति चलायी, जो मृत्युरूप जान पड़ती थी

Transliteration

uvāca cādyāham ahaṃ durātman pāsyāmi te śoṇitam āji-madhye | athaivam uktas tanayas tavāgrāṃ śaktiṃ vegāt prāhiṇon mṛtyu-rūpām ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “And he declared, ‘O wicked one, today, in the midst of this battle, I shall drink your blood.’ When Bhīma spoke thus, your son at once hurled at him with great force a dreadful spear-weapon, appearing like Death itself.”

Word by Word

उवाचsaid/spoke

चand

अद्यtoday

अहम्I

दुरात्मन्O evil-souled one

पास्यामिI shall drink

तेyour

शोणितम्blood

आजिin battle

मध्येin the midst

अथthen

एवम्thus

उक्तःhaving been addressed/said to

तनयःson

तवyour

अग्राम्foremost/front (as an epithet; here qualifying the weapon/śakti in some recensions)

शक्तिम्a spear/javelin (śakti-weapon)

वेगात्with force/impetus

प्राहिणोत्sent/shot forth

मृत्युरूपाम्death-formed, like Death itself

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Bhīma

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'your')

Dhṛtarāṣṭra's son (unspecified in this verse)

Śakti (spear-weapon)

Mṛtyu (Death, personified)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes