Shloka 23

Devanagari script

ततस्तत्‌ प्राद्रवत्‌ सैन्यं हतभूयिष्ठमातुरम्‌ । दृष्टवार्जुन॑ तदा भीमो जगाम भ्रातरं प्रति,उस समय आपके अधिकांश सैनिक मारे जा चुके थे, बहुत-से घायल होकर आतुर हो गये थे। फिर तो कौरव-सेनामें भगदड़ मच गयी। यह सब देखते हुए भीमसेन अपने भाई अर्जुनके पास आ पहुँचे

Transliteration

tatastat prādravat sainyaṁ hatabhūyiṣṭham āturam | dṛṣṭvārjunaṁ tadā bhīmo jagāma bhrātaraṁ prati ||

Translation

Sanjaya said: Then that army—its greater part already slain and the rest distressed with wounds—broke into a headlong rout. Seeing Arjuna at that moment, Bhima went straight toward his brother, as the Kaurava host fell into confusion.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

तत्that (event/thing)

प्राद्रवत्ran forth, fled

सैन्यम्the army

हतslain, killed

भूयिष्ठम्mostly, in great part

आतुरम्distressed, agitated

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

अर्जुनम्Arjuna

तदाthen, at that time

भीमःBhima

जगामwent

भ्रातरम्to (his) brother

प्रतिtowards

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Arjuna

Bhima (Bhimasena)

Kaurava army

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes