Shloka 42

भीमसेनस्य बहुमहारथसंयुगः

Bhīmasena’s Engagement with Multiple Mahārathas

Devanagari script

ततो भीष्म: कुरुश्रेष्ठ: सिंहवद्‌ विनदन्‌ मुहुः

Transliteration

tato bhīṣmaḥ kuruśreṣṭhaḥ siṁhavad vinadan muhuḥ

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: Lalu Bhīṣma, yang utama di antara para Kuru, berulang kali mengaum laksana singa—untuk meneguhkan semangat pihaknya dan menyatakan kesiapan tanpa gentar dalam pertempuran yang berlandaskan dharma.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त)

• भीष्मः: Bhishma
• भीष्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• कुरुश्रेष्ठः: the best of the Kurus
• कुरुश्रेष्ठः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुश्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सिंहवत्: like a lion
• सिंहवत्: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सिंहवत् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय-तुल्य)
• Form: अव्यय (वत्-प्रत्ययान्त, उपमानार्थे)

• विनदन्: roaring, sounding loudly
• विनदन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नद् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान कृदन्त (शतृ), परस्मैपदी, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मुहुः: again and again, repeatedly
• मुहुः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīṣma
• Kuru

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights kṣātra-dharma in practice: a commander embodies courage and steadiness, using disciplined displays of strength to inspire confidence and uphold duty amid the moral gravity of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Bhīṣma, leading the Kuru forces, repeatedly lets out a lion-like roar—an audible signal of readiness and a rallying gesture to energize his troops at a critical moment in the battle narrative.