Shloka 22

भीमसेन–कर्णयुद्धवर्णनम्

Description of the Bhīmasena–Karṇa Engagement

Devanagari script

ततो दुर्योधनो5ष्टौ च राजानस्ते महारथा: । जयद्रथस्य रक्षार्थ पाण्डवं पर्यवारयन्‌,तदनन्तर दुर्योधन तथा आठ महारथी नरेशोंने जयद्रथकी रक्षाके लिये अर्जुनको घेर लिया

Transliteration

tato duryodhano 'ṣṭau ca rājānas te mahārathāḥ | jayadrathasya rakṣārthaṃ pāṇḍavaṃ paryavārayan |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then Duryodhana, together with eight kingly great chariot-warriors, surrounded the Pāṇḍava (Arjuna) in order to protect Jayadratha. The scene underscores how, in the heat of war, collective force and strategic encirclement are employed to safeguard a key ally, even as it intensifies the moral and emotional stakes of the conflict.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• दुर्योधनः: Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अष्टौ: eight
• अष्टौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• राजानः: kings
• राजानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ते: those (they)
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• महारथाः: great chariot-warriors
• महारथाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• जयद्रथस्य: of Jayadratha
• Type: Noun
• Root: जयद्रथ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• रक्षार्थम्: for the protection (purpose)
• रक्षार्थम्: Prayojana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षा-अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पाण्डवम्: the Pandava (Arjuna)
• पाण्डवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पर्यवारयन्: surrounded, hemmed in
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि+आ+वृ
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), Third, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duryodhana
• Jayadratha
• Arjuna (Pāṇḍava)
• eight kings (unnamed)