Shloka 38

भीष्मस्य मध्याह्नयुद्धवर्णनम् / Mid-day Battle Description: Bhīṣma Engaged by the Pāñcālas

Devanagari script

अभिमन्युस्तु राजानमम्बष्ठ॑ं लोकविश्रुतम्‌ । विरथं रथिनां श्रेष्ठ वारयामास सायकै:,अभिमन्युने रथियोंमें श्रेष्ठ लोकविख्यात राजा अम्बष्ठको सायकोंद्वारा रथहीन करके आगे बढ़नेसे रोक दिया

Transliteration

abhimanyus tu rājānam ambaṣṭhaṃ lokaviśrutam | virathaṃ rathināṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vārayāmāsa sāyakaiḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Abhimanyu checked the advance of the widely renowned king Ambaṣṭha—one of the foremost among chariot-warriors—by striking him with arrows and rendering him without his chariot. In the ethic of battle, this depicts Abhimanyu’s decisive skill in neutralizing a dangerous opponent by disabling his means of combat rather than merely pursuing slaughter.

Word by Word

• अभिमन्युः: Abhimanyu
• अभिमन्युः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिमन्यु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• राजानम्: the king
• राजानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अम्बष्ठम्: Ambashtha (name of the king)
• अम्बष्ठम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• लोकविश्रुतम्: renowned in the world
• लोकविश्रुतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोक-विश्रुत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विरथम्: without a chariot (chariotless)
• विरथम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-रथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• रथिनाम्: of chariot-warriors
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• श्रेष्ठम्: the best
• श्रेष्ठम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वारयामास: checked/stopped/held back
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (वारयति)
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सायकैः: with arrows
• सायकैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सायक
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Abhimanyu
• Ambaṣṭha
• arrows
• chariot