Shloka 28

भीमसेनस्य बहुमहारथसंयुगः

Bhīmasena’s Engagement with Multiple Mahārathas

Devanagari script

आविद्धरथनागाश्चं पतितध्वजसंकुलम्‌

Transliteration

āviddharathanāgāś caṁ patitadhvajasaṅkulam

Translation

Sañjaya said: “It was filled with chariots and war-elephants struck and thrown into confusion, and it was crowded with fallen banners.”

Word by Word

• आविद्ध: pierced, transfixed
• आविद्ध: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + √व्यध् (विध्) / आविद्ध (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• रथ: chariot
• रथ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: masculine, stem (in compound), —

• नाग: elephant
• नाग: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग
• Form: masculine, stem (in compound), —

• अश्वम्: horse
• अश्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• पतित: fallen
• पतित: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √पत् / पतित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, stem (in compound), —

• ध्वज: banner, flag
• ध्वज: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्वज
• Form: masculine, stem (in compound), —

• संकुलम्: crowded, filled, thronged
• संकुलम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संकुल
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• ratha (chariots)
• nāga (war-elephants)
• dhvaja (banners/standards)