Shloka 89

युधिष्ठिरस्य धनंजय-प्रति गर्हा

Yudhiṣṭhira’s Reproach to Dhanaṃjaya

Devanagari script

तत्‌ तु विप्रहतं सैन्यं भीमसेनमुखास्तदा

Transliteration

tat tu viprahataṃ sainyaṃ bhīmasenamukhās tadā

Translation

Sanjaya said: But that army, struck down and shattered—then led at the front by Bhīmasena and his foremost warriors—stood in the wake of that fierce onslaught, its strength broken by the blows it had received.

Word by Word

• तत्: that (army/force)
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• विप्रहतम्: smitten/struck down, badly beaten
• विप्रहतम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-प्र-हन् (धातु: हन्)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सैन्यम्: army
• सैन्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भीमसेनमुखाः: having Bhimasena at the forefront / led by Bhimasena
• भीमसेनमुखाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीमसेनमुख
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तदा: then/at that time
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Bhimasena
• army (sainya)