Shloka 46

अध्याय १५९ — रात्रौ श्रमविरामः

Night Exhaustion and Brief Pause in Battle

Devanagari script

बीभस्सुर्दक्षिणं पार्श्वमुत्तरं च वृकोदर: । भारद्वाजं शरौघाभ्यां महदभ्यामभ्यवर्षताम्‌

Transliteration

bībhatsur dakṣiṇaṃ pārśvam uttaraṃ ca vṛkodaraḥ | bhāradvājaṃ śaraughābhyāṃ mahadabhyām abhyavarṣatām ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Arjuna covered the right flank, and Vṛkodara (Bhīma) the northern side; together they poured down a great, dense shower of arrows upon Bhāradvāja (Droṇa). In the moral atmosphere of the war, this depicts disciplined coordination and steadfast resolve in battle, even as it intensifies the tragic necessity of striking a revered teacher who has chosen the path of arms.

Word by Word

• बीभत्सुः: Arjuna (Bībhatsu)
• बीभत्सुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बीभत्सु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दक्षिणम्: right
• दक्षिणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पार्श्वम्: side/flank
• पार्श्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्श्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उत्तरम्: left/northern (side)
• उत्तरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• वृकोदरः: Bhīma (Vṛkodara)
• वृकोदरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृकोदर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भारद्वाजम्: the son of Bharadvāja (Droṇa)
• भारद्वाजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारद्वाज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शरौघाभ्याम्: with two showers/streams of arrows
• शरौघाभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरौघ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Dual

• महताभ्याम्: with two great (ones)
• महताभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Dual

• अभ्यवर्षताम्: they rained upon/they showered (arrows) on
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-वृष्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Dual

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bībhatsu (Arjuna)
• Vṛkodara (Bhīma)
• Bhāradvāja (Droṇa)
• arrows (śara)