Shloka 36

Droṇa–Arjuna Yuddha; Trigarta-Āvaraṇa; Bhīmasena Gajānīka-bheda

Droṇa and Arjuna Engage; Trigarta Containment; Bhīma Breaks the Elephant Corps

Devanagari script

भीमसेनस्तु संक़्रुद्ध: पादरक्षान्‌ पर:शतान्‌ | निजघान महेष्वास: संरब्ध: शरवृष्टिभि:,तब महाधनुर्धर भीमसेनने अत्यन्त कुपित हो अपने बाणोंकी बौछारसे हाथीके पैरोंकी रक्षा करनेवाले सैकड़ों योद्धाओंको मार गिराया

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | bhīmasenas tu saṅkruddhaḥ pādarākṣān paraśatān | nijaghāna maheṣvāsaḥ saṃrabdhaḥ śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ ||

Translation

Dijo Sañjaya: Bhīmasena, encendido de ira, el gran arquero, en el fragor del combate abatió a cientos de guardias de infantería—los asignados a proteger las patas del elefante—al derramar una lluvia de flechas.

Word by Word

• भीमसेनः: Bhimasena
• भीमसेनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• सङ्क्रुद्धः: enraged
• सङ्क्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सङ्क्रुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पादरक्षान्: foot-guards (protectors of the feet)
• पादरक्षान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पादरक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• परशतान्: hundreds of enemies
• परशतान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परशत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• निजघान: slew/struck down
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular

• महेष्वासः: the great archer (lit. one with a great bow)
• महेष्वासः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेष्वास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संरब्धः: furious/agitated
• संरब्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संरब्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शरवृष्टिभिः: with showers of arrows
• शरवृष्टिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरवृष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• pādarākṣa (elephant-foot guards)
• arrows (śara)
• bow/archery (implicit in maheṣvāsa)