Shloka 43

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

Devanagari script

तस्मिंस्तु निर्जिते राजन्‌ राक्षसेन्द्रे महात्मना । अनादयन्‌ सिंहनादै: पाण्डवा: सर्वतो दिशम्‌,राजन! महामना भीमसेनके द्वारा राक्षसराज अलम्बुषके पराजित हो जानेपर पाण्डव- सैनिकोंने सम्पूर्ण दिशाओंको अपने सिंहनादोंसे निनादित कर दिया

Transliteration

tasmiṁstu nirjite rājan rākṣasendre mahātmanā | anādayan siṁhanādaiḥ pāṇḍavāḥ sarvato diśam ||

Translation

Sanjaya said: O King, when that lord of the rākṣasas had been overcome by the great-souled (hero), the Pāṇḍavas resounded all the directions with their lion-roars—proclaiming victory and rallying their forces amid the moral strain of war.

Word by Word

तस्मिन्in that (situation/time)

तुbut/indeed

निर्जितेwhen (he/it) was conquered/defeated

राजन्O king

राक्षसेन्द्रेin/when the lord of the Rakshasas (Rakshasa-king)

महात्मनाby the great-souled (one)

अनादयन्they caused to resound/they roared

सिंहनादैःwith lion-roars

पाण्डवाःthe Pandavas

सर्वतःon all sides/everywhere

दिशम्the direction(s) (as a whole)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Pāṇḍavas

rākṣasendra (Alambuṣa, implied by context)

mahātmā (Bhīmasena, implied by context)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes