Shloka 9

Virāṭa-parva Adhyāya 54 — Missile-Exchange and Tactical Redirection

Arjuna, Aśvatthāman, Karṇa

Devanagari script

तस्मिंस्तु युद्धे तुमुले प्रवृत्ते पार्थ विकर्णोडतिरथं रथेन । विपाठवर्षेण कुरुप्रवीरो भीमेन भीमानुजमाससाद,इस प्रकार घोर युद्ध छिड़ जानेपर कुरुकुलके श्रेष्ठ वीर विकर्णने रथपर सवार हो विपाठ नामक बाणोंकी भयंकर वर्षा करते हुए भीमके छोटे भाई अतिरथी वीर अर्जुनपर आक्रमण किया

Transliteration

tasmiṁstu yuddhe tumule pravṛtte pārtha vikarṇo ’tirathaṁ rathena | vipāṭhavārṣeṇa kurupravīro bhīmena bhīmānujam āsasāda ||

Translation

When that tumultuous battle began, Vikarna—the foremost hero of the Kuru line—mounted his chariot and, showering a fierce rain of vipāṭha arrows, charged at Arjuna, Bhīma’s younger brother, the great chariot-warrior (atiratha).

Word by Word

तस्मिन्in that

तुbut/indeed

युद्धेin the battle

तुमुलेtumultuous/fierce

प्रवृत्तेhaving begun/being underway

पार्थO son of Pritha

विकर्णःVikarna

उतिरथम्the great chariot-warrior (Atiratha)

रथेनby/with a chariot

विपाठवर्षेणby a shower of vipāṭha (arrows)

कुरुप्रवीरःthe foremost hero among the Kurus

भीमेनby Bhima

भीमानुजम्Bhima's younger brother (Arjuna)

आससादattacked/approached

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Vikarna

Arjuna (Pārtha)

Bhīma

ratha (chariot)

vipāṭha arrows

Kuru lineage

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes