Shloka 13

भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय ११०: पार्थभीमयोः प्रहारः तथा भीष्माभिमुखं संग्रामविस्तारः

Arjuna and Bhima’s pressure; escalation toward Bhishma

Devanagari script

कृष्ण पश्य महात्मानं भीष्मं भीमपराक्रमम्‌ । गजं नलवनानीव विमृद्नन्तं बल॑ मम,“श्रीकृष्ण! देखिये, भयंकर पराक्रमी महात्मा भीष्म हमारी सेनाका उसी प्रकार विनाश कर रहे हैं, जैसे हाथी सरकंडोंके जंगलोंको रौंद डालते हैं

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | kṛṣṇa paśya mahātmānaṃ bhīṣmaṃ bhīmaparākramam | gajaṃ nalavanānīva vimṛdnantaṃ balaṃ mama ||

Translation

“Wahai Krishna, lihatlah Bhīṣma yang berhati agung dan berdaya gentar. Ia menghancurkan pasukanku seperti gajah menginjak-injak belukar ilalang.”

Word by Word

• कृष्ण: O Krishna
• कृष्ण: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पश्य: see, behold
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• महात्मानम्: the great-souled one
• महात्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भीष्मम्: Bhishma
• भीष्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भीमपराक्रमम्: of terrible prowess
• भीमपराक्रमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीम-पराक्रम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गजम्: an elephant
• गजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नलवनानि: reed-groves, thickets of reeds
• नलवनानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नलवन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• विमृद्नन्तम्: crushing, trampling, destroying
• विमृद्नन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-मृद्
• Form: Present active participle (Parasmaipada), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• बलम्: army, force
• बलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मम: my, of me
• मम: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: First, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Krishna
• Bhishma
• elephant
• reed-thickets (nalavana)
• Kaurava army (mama balam)