Shloka 51

Devanagari script

संन्यवर्तत तं भीमो वार्यमाण: शितै: शरै: । शकुनिस्तस्य राजेन्द्र वामपाश्वे स्तनान्तरे

Transliteration

sannyavartata taṃ bhīmo vāryamāṇaḥ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ | śakunistasya rājendra vāmapārśve stanāntare

Translation

Sañjaya dit : «Bien qu’arrêté par des flèches acérées, Bhīma ne céda pas ; il se retourna vers le combat. Alors Śakuni, ô roi, le frappa au côté gauche, entre la poitrine et le flanc.»

Word by Word

• संन्यवर्तत: turned back / withdrew
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-नि-√वृत्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada

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

• भीमः: Bhīma
• भीमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वार्यमाणः: being restrained / being warded off
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √वृ (वारयति)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, ŚānaC (present passive participle sense: 'being checked/warded off')

• शितैः: with sharp
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शित
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• शरैः: arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• शकुनिः: Śakuni
• शकुनिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शकुनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तस्य: of him / his
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings (O best of kings)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• वामपाश्वे: on the left side
• वामपाश्वे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाम-पाश्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• स्तनान्तरे: in the space between the breasts / at the chest
• स्तनान्तरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तन-अन्तर
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīma
• Śakuni
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra