Shloka 32

भीष्मस्य मण्डलव्यूहः — Bhīṣma’s Maṇḍala Battle-Formation and the Opening Engagements

Devanagari script

तस्मिंस्तथा वर्तमाने रणे भीष्म॑ महारथम्‌ | अयोधयन्त संरब्धा: पाण्डवा भरतर्षभ,भरतश्रेष्ठ] उस समय क्रोधमें भरे हुए पाण्डव उस युद्धमें महारथी भीष्मके साथ युद्ध करने लगे

Transliteration

tasmiṁs tathā vartamāne raṇe bhīṣmaṁ mahāratham | ayodhayanta saṁrabdhāḥ pāṇḍavā bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

Sañjaya dit : Comme la bataille se poursuivait ainsi, les Pāṇḍava, enflammés de colère, engagèrent le combat contre Bhīṣma, le grand guerrier de char, ô taureau parmi les Bharata.

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that (situation/place)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तथा: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• वर्तमाने: while (it was) going on/occurring
• वर्तमाने: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्तमान
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• भीष्मम्: Bhishma
• भीष्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महारथम्: the great chariot-warrior
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अयोधयन्: they caused to fight / they fought (with)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Causative, Parasmaipada

• तं: him
• तं: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• संरब्धाः: enraged, excited
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संरब्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पाण्डवाः: the Pandavas
• पाण्डवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun (Vocative epithet)
• Root: भरतर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīṣma
• Pāṇḍavas
• Bharata lineage (address: bharatarṣabha)