Shloka 56

अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च

Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter

Devanagari script

मृगमध्ये यथा सिंहो दृश्यते निर्भयश्वरन्‌,इति श्रीमहा भारते कर्णपर्वणि संकुलयुद्धे षघट्पठ्चाशत्तमो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

mṛga-madhye yathā siṃho dṛśyate nirbhayeśvaran | iti śrī-mahābhārate karṇa-parvaṇi saṅkula-yuddhe ṣaṭ-pañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya dit : «De même qu’un lion se voit, sans crainte, se détachant au milieu des daims, ainsi ce seigneur apparut—sans trembler—au cœur de la mêlée pressée.»

Word by Word

• मृगमध्ये: in the midst of deer
• मृगमध्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृग-मध्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• सिंहः: a lion
• सिंहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दृश्यते: is seen, appears
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada, Passive/Reflexive (Atmanepada usage)

• निर्भय: O fearless one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्भय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• ईश्वरन्: O lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• इति: thus (quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the Śrī Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री-महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कर्णपर्वणि: in the Karṇa-parvan
• कर्णपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण-पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• संकुलयुद्धे: in the confused/chaotic battle
• संकुलयुद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संकुल-युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• षट्पञ्चाशत्तमः: the fifty-sixth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट्-पञ्चाशत्-तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• siṃha (lion)
• mṛga (deer)
• Karṇa Parva (as textual section)