Shloka 24

Jayadrathasya varaprāptiḥ (जयद्रथस्य वरप्राप्तिः) — Jayadratha’s boon and the restraint of the Pāṇḍava advance

Devanagari script

विचरन्तं दिश: सर्वा: प्रदिशश्चापि भारत । तं॑ तदा नानुपश्याम: सैन्ये च रजसा5<वृते,भारत! धूलसे आच्छादित हुई सेनाके भीतर सम्पूर्ण दिशाओं और विदिशाओंमें विचरते हुए अभिमन्युको उस समय हमलोग देख नहीं पाते थे

Transliteration

vicarantaṃ diśaḥ sarvāḥ pradiśaś cāpi bhārata | taṃ tadā nānupaśyāmaḥ sainye ca rajasāvṛte ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O Bhārata, as he moved about in all directions and even the intermediate quarters, at that time we could not catch sight of him, for the army was shrouded in dust.”

Word by Word

विचरन्तम्wandering/moving about

दिशःdirections

सर्वाःall

प्रदिशःintermediate directions

चand

अपिalso/even

भारतO Bharata

तम्him

तदाthen/at that time

नnot

अनुपश्यामःwe see/observe

सैन्येin the army

चand

रजसाby/with dust

आवृतेcovered/veiled

भारतO Bharata

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra as addressee)

Abhimanyu (implied by context)

the army (sainya)

dust (rajas)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes