Shloka 9

Devanagari script

स विक्षरन्‌ नाग इव प्रभिन्नो गदामस्मै तुमुले प्राहिणोद्‌ वै । तयाहरद्‌ दश धन्वन्तराणि दुःशासनं भीमसेन: प्रसहा,मदस्रावी गजराजके समान अपने घावोंसे रक्त बहाते हुए भीमसेनने उस तुमुल युद्धमें दुःशासनपर जो गदा चलायी थी, उसके द्वारा उन्होंने उसे बलपूर्वक दस धनुष (चालीस हाथ) पीछे हटा दिया

Transliteration

sa vikṣaran nāga iva prabhinnō gadām asmai tumule prāhiṇod vai | tayāharad daśa dhanvantarāṇi duḥśāsanaṃ bhīmasenaḥ prasahya ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Bleeding from his wounds like a maddened, musth-flowing elephant, Bhīmasena hurled his mace at Duḥśāsana amid the tumult of battle. Struck by that blow, Duḥśāsana was forced back—overpowered and driven a full ten bow-lengths.”

Word by Word

सःhe (Bhimasena)

विक्षरन्shedding, streaming (blood)

नागःelephant

इवlike, as

प्रभिन्नःsplit open; in rut/musth (of an elephant)

गदाम्mace

अस्मैto him (Duhshasana)

तुमुलेin the tumultuous (battle)

प्राहिणोत्sent/hurled

वैindeed

तयाby that (mace)

अहरत्drove back/forced away

दशten

धन्वन्तराणिbow-lengths (intervals measured by a bow)

दुःशासनम्Duhshasana

भीमसेनःBhimasena

प्रसहforcibly, by force

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Bhīmasena (Bhīma)

Duḥśāsana

gadā (mace)

nāga (elephant)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes