Shloka 386

अध्याय १४८ — कर्णप्रभावः, धृष्टद्युम्नस्य विरथता, तथा घटोत्कच-आह्वानम्

Chapter 148: Karṇa’s Pressure, Dhṛṣṭadyumna Unhorsed, and the Summoning of Ghaṭotkaca

Devanagari script

अभूतपूर्व कुरुषु भयमागाद्‌ रणाजिरे । समरांगणमें मूर्तिमानू यमराजके समान अर्जुनके उस अभूतपूर्व पराक्रमको देखकर कौरवोंपर भय छा गया

Transliteration

abhūtapūrvaṁ kuruṣu bhayam āgād raṇājire | samarāṅgaṇe mūrtimānū yamārājasya samānārjunasya tad abhūtapūrva-parākramaṁ dṛṣṭvā kauraveṣu bhayaṁ chāditam |

Translation

Sañjaya said: On the battlefield, an unprecedented fear seized the Kurus. Seeing Arjuna’s extraordinary prowess in the thick of combat—like Yama, the embodied Lord of Death—the Kauravas were overwhelmed by dread.

Word by Word

• अभूतपूर्वम्: unprecedented (thing/event)
• अभूतपूर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभूतपूर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कुरुषु: among the Kurus
• कुरुषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• भयम्: fear
• भयम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• आगात्: came/arose
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम्
• Form: Aorist (Luṅ), 3rd, Singular

• रणाजिरे: in the battlefield
• रणाजिरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रणाजिर
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kurus
• Kauravas
• Arjuna
• Yama (Yamārāja)
• battlefield (raṇājira/samarāṅgaṇa)