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धृतराष्ट्र-संजय-संवादः — सात्यकि-अलम्बुसयोर्युद्धवर्णनम्

Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Saṃjaya Dialogue; Account of Sātyaki vs Alambusa

Devanagari script

ते भीता मृद्यमानाश्ष प्रमृष्टा दीर्घबाहुना । आयोधनं जहुर्वीरा दृष्टवा तमतिमानिनम्‌,उस महाबाहु वीरने अपने बाणोंसे रौंदकर आपके सारे सिपाहियोंको मसल डाला। वे वीर सिपाही ऐसे डर गये कि उस अत्यन्त मानी शूरवीरको देखते ही युद्धका मैदान छोड़ देते थे

Transliteration

te bhītā mṛdyamānāś ca pramṛṣṭā dīrghabāhunā | āyodhanaṃ jahur vīrā dṛṣṭvā tam atimāninam ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Struck down and crushed in the fighting, and utterly routed by that long-armed warrior, those heroes—seized by fear—abandoned the battlefield the moment they beheld him, so overbearing in his pride and prowess.

Word by Word

तेthey (those)

भीताःfrightened

मृद्यमानाःbeing crushed/pressed

चand

प्रमृष्टाःcrushed/ground down

दीर्घबाहुनाby the long-armed one

आयोधनम्battlefield

जहुःabandoned/left

वीराःheroes/warriors

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

तम्him

अतिमानिनम्very proud/overweening

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

a long-armed warrior (dīrghabāhu)

battlefield (āyodhana)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes