Shloka 32

रणभूमिवर्णनम् — Devāsuropama-yuddha and the ‘River’ Metaphor of the Battlefield

Devanagari script

गौतम॑ं भीमसेनो वै सोमकाश्ष महारथा:

Transliteration

gautamaṃ bhīmaseno vai somakāś ca mahārathāḥ

Translation

संजय बोले— भीमसेन, गौतम तथा सोमक देश के वे महारथी (उस संग्राम में) उपस्थित/अग्रसर थे॥

Word by Word

• गौतमम्: Gautama (name/person)
• गौतमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौतम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भीमसेनः: Bhimasena (Bhima)
• भीमसेनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वै: indeed / surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• सोमकाः: the Somakas (a people/warriors)
• सोमकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Gautama
• Somakas