Shloka 19

अभिमन्योर् विक्रमः — Abhimanyu’s Disruptive Advance and the Gāndharva-astra Counter

Devanagari script

दिशो विचरतस्तस्य सर्वाश्च प्रदिशस्तथा । रणे5भिमन्यो: क्रुद्धस्य रूपमन्तरधीयत,उस रफणक्षेत्रमें कुृपित होकर सम्पूर्ण दिशा-विदिशाओंमें विचरते हुए अभिमन्युका रूप अदृश्य हो गया था

Transliteration

diśo vicaratas tasya sarvāś ca pradiśas tathā | raṇe 'bhimanyor kruddhasya rūpam antaradhīyata ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: As the enraged Abhimanyu ranged through the battlefield in every direction and sub-direction, his form vanished from sight—lost amid the tumult of war, where anger and confusion obscure even what is directly before one’s eyes.

Word by Word

• दिशः: directions
• दिशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• विचरतः: of (him) roaming
• विचरतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-चर्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

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

• प्रदिशः: intermediate directions
• प्रदिशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदिश्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• तथा: likewise/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अभिमन्योः: of Abhimanyu
• अभिमन्योः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिमन्यु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• क्रुद्धस्य: of (one) enraged
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• रूपम्: form/appearance
• रूपम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अन्तरधीयत: disappeared/vanished
• Type: Verb
• Root: अन्तर्-धा
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Abhimanyu
• battlefield (raṇa)