Shloka 16

कर्णभीमयुद्धम्

Karna–Bhīma Combat Report

Devanagari script

भीमसेनं तदा क्रुद्धं भीमरूपो भयानक: । प्रत्यवारयदायान्तमार्ष्यशृड्धिर्महारथ:,भयंकर रूपधारी एवं भयानक महारथी ऋष्यशुंग-कुमार अलम्बुषने उस समय क्रोधमें भरकर आते हुए भीमसेनको रोका

Transliteration

bhīmasenaṃ tadā kruddhaṃ bhīmarūpo bhayānakaḥ | pratyavārayad āyāntam ārṣyaśṛṅgir mahārathaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: At that time, as Bhīmasena—enraged—came rushing forward, the dreadful and fearsome great chariot-warrior Ārṣyaśṛṅgi (Alambuṣa, the son of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga), assuming a terrifying form, checked and held him back. In the moral texture of the war, the verse highlights how wrath-driven force is met by deliberate obstruction and counter-force, intensifying the struggle where personal fury and tactical resistance collide.

Word by Word

• भीमसेनम्: Bhimasena (Bhima)
• भीमसेनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तदा: then, at that time
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• क्रुद्धम्: angry
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुध्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भीमरूपः: of terrible form
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीमरूप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भयानकः: fearsome
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भयानक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रत्यवारयत्: checked, restrained, stopped
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-अव-√वृ (वारयति)
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• आयान्तम्: coming, advancing
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√या (याति)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular, Present active participle (शतृ)

• ऋष्यशृङ्गिः: Rishyaśṛṅgi (son of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga)
• ऋष्यशृङ्गिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋष्यशृङ्गि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महारथः: great chariot-warrior
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Ārṣyaśṛṅgi (Alambuṣa, son of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga)