Shloka 72

Arjuna’s Advance toward Bhīṣma; The Gāṇḍīva’s Signal and the Armies’ Convergence (भीष्माभिमुखगमनम् — गाण्डीवनिर्घोष-ध्वजवर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

तान्यनीकान्यथालोक्य राक्षसेन्द्र: प्रतापवान्‌

Transliteration

tāny anīkāny athālokya rākṣasendraḥ pratāpavān

Translation

Sañjaya dit : Voyant ces formations de combat, le puissant seigneur des Rākṣasas — renommé pour sa vaillance — considéra l’ordonnance adverse, prêt aux rudes devoirs de la guerre.

Word by Word

• तानि: those
• तानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• अनीकानि: armies, troops
• अनीकानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनीक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• आलोक्य: having seen, after observing
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + लोक्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• राक्षसेन्द्रः: the lord of the Rakshasas
• राक्षसेन्द्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस + इन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रतापवान्: mighty, valiant
• प्रतापवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतापवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• rākṣasendra (lord of the Rākṣasas)
• anīkāni (battle-formations)