Shloka 53

शकुनिवधः — Sahadeva’s Slaying of Śakuni

with Ulūka’s fall

Devanagari script

तत: क्षणेन तद्‌ भीमो न्‍्यहनद्‌ भरतर्षभ,भरतश्रेष्ठ) इसके बाद भीमसेनने क्षणभरमें आपकी सेनाका संहार कर डाला। भारत! जब उन कौरव-सैनिकोंका संहार होने लगा, तब महारथी सेनापतिगण भीमसेनपर आक्रमण करके उनके साथ युद्ध करने लगे

Transliteration

tataḥ kṣaṇena tad bhīmo nyahanad bharatarṣabha | bharataśreṣṭha |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then, in a mere moment, Bhīma struck down and shattered that force, O bull among the Bharatas. As the Kaurava soldiers began to be destroyed, the great chariot-warriors who were commanders and leaders rushed to attack Bhīmasena and engaged him in battle—showing how, in war, the fall of the many compels the foremost to step forward, even when the tide turns against them.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya

• क्षणेन: in a moment; by (a) moment
• क्षणेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• तत्: that (army/host etc.)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भीमः: Bhima
• भीमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न्यहनत्: slew, struck down, destroyed
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु) + नि (उपसर्ग)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• भरतर्षभ: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत + ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīma (Bhīmasena)
• Kaurava soldiers
• Mahāratha commanders (senāpatis)
• Bharata lineage (address: bharatarṣabha, bharataśreṣṭha)