Shloka 18

Adhyāya 110: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Lament on Fate; Saṃjaya’s Reproof and the Princes’ Assault on Bhīma (द्रोणपर्व, अध्याय ११०)

Devanagari script

पुनश्चतुःशतान्‌ हत्वा भीम॑ विव्याध पत्रिणा | सो5तिविद्धस्तथा भीमो राक्षसेन महाबल:

Transliteration

punaś catuḥśatān hatvā bhīmaṁ vivyādha patriṇā | so 'tividdhas tathā bhīmo rākṣasena mahābalaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: After slaying four hundred more men, Bhīma was then pierced by an arrow. Even though grievously wounded in that way, the mighty Bhīma stood his ground against the powerful rākṣasa foe—showing how, in the brutal ethics of battlefield duty, courage and endurance are tested amid relentless violence.

Word by Word

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• चतुःशतान्: four hundreds (four hundred men)
• चतुःशतान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुःशत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• हत्वा: having slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• भीमम्: Bhima
• भीमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विव्याध: pierced, struck
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पत्रिणा: with a feathered arrow
• पत्रिणा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्रिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अतिविद्धः: pierced through, grievously wounded
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतिविद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• भीमः: Bhima
• भीमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राक्षसेन: by the Rakshasa (demon-warrior)
• राक्षसेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• महाबलः: mighty-strong
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīma
• rākṣasa (demonic warrior)
• arrow (patri)