Shloka 2

Śalya-parva Adhyāya 26 — Duryodhana’s remnant formation and rapid engagements

Devanagari script

चरन्तं च तथा दृष्टवा भीमसेनमरिंदमम्‌ | दण्डहस्तं यथा क्रुद्धमन्तकं प्राणहारिणम्‌

Transliteration

carantaṃ ca tathā dṛṣṭvā bhīmasenam ariṃdamam | daṇḍahastaṃ yathā kruddham antakaṃ prāṇahāriṇam ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Seeing Bhīmasena moving about in that manner—an enemy-crusher—holding a mace in his hand, he appeared like a wrathful Antaka, the taker of life. The verse heightens the moral gravity of the battlefield by portraying Bhīma as an instrument of inevitable death, where valor and righteous fury converge amid the destructive demands of war.

Word by Word

• चरन्तम्: moving, roaming
• चरन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular, शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त) participle

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

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (अव्यय) absolutive

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

• अरिंदमम्: crusher of foes
• अरिंदमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अरिंदम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दण्डहस्तम्: with a staff in hand
• दण्डहस्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दण्डहस्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यथा: as, like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• क्रुद्धम्: angered
• क्रुद्धम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle) from क्रुध्

• अन्तकम्: Death (Yama), the ender
• अन्तकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्राणहारिणम्: life-taking, slayer
• प्राणहारिणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राणहारिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Antaka (Death/Yama)
• daṇḍa (mace/staff)