Shloka 276

Vāsudeva-Māhātmya: Duryodhana’s Inquiry and Bhīṣma’s Theological Account of Keśava

Devanagari script

अमानुषेण रूपेण चरन्तं पितरं तव । उस समय रणक्षेत्रमें अद्भुत कर्म करते हुए आपके ताऊ भीष्म अमानुषरूपसे विचरते तथा पाण्डव-सेनाका संहार करते थे। वहाँ अनेक प्रकारके मनुष्य उनके सम्बन्धमें नाना प्रकारकी बातें कर रहे थे

Transliteration

amānuṣeṇa rūpeṇa carantaṃ pitaraṃ tava |

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Your revered elder—moving about in a form that seemed beyond ordinary human measure—was performing astonishing feats on the battlefield, cutting down the Pāṇḍava forces. Seeing this, many men there spoke in various ways about him, each offering different remarks and interpretations.”

Word by Word

अमानुषेणby/with a non-human (superhuman) (form)

रूपेणby/with (a) form

चरन्तम्moving about, roaming

पितरम्father

तवof you, your

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'tava')

Bhīṣma

Pāṇḍavas

Kurukṣetra (battlefield context)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes