Shloka 58

Bhūriśravas–Sātyaki Saṃvāda and Duel; Arjuna’s Intervention (भूरिश्रवाः–सात्यकि संवादः, युद्धम्, अर्जुन-हस्तक्षेपः)

Devanagari script

विमुखाश्नवा भ्यधावन्‍न्त तव योधा: समन्तत:

Transliteration

vimukhāś ca vyadhāvan te tava yodhāḥ samantataḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: Your warriors, turning their faces away in dismay, fled in all directions—an image of morale collapsing amid the pressures of battle and the ethical weight of a war that tests resolve and duty.

Word by Word

• विमुखाः: turned away, facing away
• विमुखाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमुख
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अभ्यधावन्: ran towards, charged
• Type: Verb
• Root: धाव्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• योधाः: warriors
• योधाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: योध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• समन्ततः: on all sides, all around
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Kaurava warriors