Shloka 816

भीमसेनस्य बहुमहारथसंयुगः

Bhīmasena’s Engagement with Multiple Mahārathas

Devanagari script

वीक्षांचक्रुमहाराज पाण्डवा भयपीडिता: । महाराज! भीष्मके द्वारा मारे जाते हुए सैकड़ों और हजारों पाण्डव सैनिक समरमें अलौकिक पराक्रम प्रकट करनेवाले भीष्मको भयसे पीड़ित होकर देख रहे थे

Transliteration

vīkṣāṃ cakrur mahārāja pāṇḍavā bhayapīḍitāḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: O great king, the Pāṇḍava warriors, tormented by fear, looked on—while hundreds and thousands of their men were being cut down by Bhīṣma, whose prowess in battle appeared almost superhuman. The scene underscores how even righteous fighters can be shaken when confronted with overwhelming martial power, and how fear spreads through an army when its protectors fall in masses.

Word by Word

• वीक्षां: seeing, sight (as object)
• वीक्षां: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीक्षा (स्त्री, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• चक्रुः: they did/made (i.e., they looked)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural

• महा-राज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पाण्डवाः: the Pandavas
• पाण्डवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भय-पीडिताः: afflicted by fear
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीडित (कृदन्त, पीड् + क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Pāṇḍavas (Pāṇḍava army)
• Bhīṣma