Shloka 37

Śalya–Bhīma Gadā-saṃnipāta and Śalya’s Bāṇa-jāla against Yudhiṣṭhira

Book 9, Chapter 11

Devanagari script

भीमसेन त्रिभिर्विद्ध्वा कृतवर्मा शिलीमुखै: । बाणवर्षेण महता क्रुद्धस-पमवारयत्‌,कृतवमनि क्रोधमें भरे हुए भीमसेनको तीन बाणोंसे घायल करके भारी बाण-वर्षकि द्वारा आगे बढ़नेसे रोक दिया

Transliteration

bhīmasenaṃ tribhir viddhvā kṛtavarmā śilīmukhaiḥ | bāṇavarṣeṇa mahatā kruddhaṃ saṃpavārayat ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Kṛtavarmā, having pierced Bhīmasena with three sharp arrows, checked the wrathful warrior’s advance by unleashing a great shower of shafts. In the press of battle, restraint is achieved not by counsel but by force, as each fighter seeks to halt the other’s momentum within the rules of armed combat.

Word by Word

• भीमसेनम्: Bhimasena
• भीमसेनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• त्रिभिः: with three
• त्रिभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• विद्ध्वा: having pierced/wounded
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध् (विध्)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• कृतवर्मा: Kritavarman
• कृतवर्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतवर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शिलीमुखैः: with sharp arrows
• शिलीमुखैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिलीमुख
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• बाणवर्षेण: with a shower of arrows
• बाणवर्षेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाणवर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• महता: great, mighty
• महता: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• क्रुद्धम्: angered
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुध्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सपम्: uncertain (corrupt/unclear word in given text)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप (uncertain reading)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अवारयत्: checked, restrained, stopped
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (वारयति, causative)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

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Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Kṛtavarmā
• Śilīmukha arrows
• Bāṇavarṣa (shower of arrows)