Shloka 24

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

Devanagari script

त॑ दृष्टवा व्यथितं भीममभिमन्युपुरोगमा: । नामृष्यन्त महेष्वासा: पाण्डवानां महारथा:,भीमसेनको प्रहारसे पीड़ित हुआ देख अभिमन्यु आदि महाथनुर्धर पाण्डव महारथी यह सहन न कर सके

Transliteration

taṁ dṛṣṭvā vyathitaṁ bhīmam abhimanyu-purogamāḥ | nāmṛṣyanta maheṣvāsāḥ pāṇḍavānāṁ mahā-rathāḥ ||

Translation

સંજય બોલ્યો—ભીમસેનને પ્રહારથી વ્યથિત જોયા પછી, અભિમન્યુ આગળ રહી પાંડવોના મહાધનુર્ધર મહારથીઓ તે સહન કરી શક્યા નહીં।

Word by Word

• तत्: that (sight/that situation)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite

• व्यथितम्: distressed, pained
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यथित (from धातु व्यथ्)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भीमम्: Bhima
• भीमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभिमन्यु-पुरोगमाः: having Abhimanyu in front/led by Abhimanyu
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरोगम (with अभिमन्यु as upapada)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अमृष्यन्त: they did not endure / could not tolerate
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृष् (with negation: अमृष्य-)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• महेष्वासाः: great bowmen
• महेष्वासाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेष्वास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पाण्डवानाम्: of the Pandavas
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• महारथाः: great chariot-warriors
• महारथाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīma (Bhīmasena)
• Abhimanyu
• Pāṇḍavas