Shloka 36

इन्द्रजिद्-लक्ष्मणयुद्धम्

Indrajit and Lakṣmaṇa: Escalation through Concealment

Devanagari script

सव्यसाची तु तं दृष्टवा पलायन्तं जयद्रथम्‌ । वारयामास निष्नन्तं भीम॑ सैन्धवसैनिकान्‌,जयद्रथको भागते देख अर्जुनने उसके सैनिकोंके संहारमें लगे हुए भीमसेनको रोका

Transliteration

savyasācī tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā palāyantaṃ jayadratham | vārayāmāsa niṣṇantaṃ bhīmaṃ saindhavasainikān ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana said: Seeing Jayadratha fleeing, Arjuna (the ambidextrous archer) restrained Bhīma, who was cutting down the Sindhu king’s soldiers—signaling a shift from indiscriminate slaughter toward the higher aim of confronting the principal offender rather than venting wrath on the rank and file.

Word by Word

• सव्यसाची: Arjuna (the ambidextrous archer)
• सव्यसाची: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सव्यसाचिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा), Parasmaipada

• पलायन्तम्: fleeing
• Type: Verb
• Root: पलाय्
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• जयद्रथम्: Jayadratha
• जयद्रथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जयद्रथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वारयामास: stopped/checked
• Type: Verb
• Root: वारय् (√वृ, caus.)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• निष्णन्तम्: slaying
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-हन्
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भीमम्: Bhima
• भीमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सैन्धवसैनिकान्: the Sindhu (Jayadratha's) soldiers
• सैन्धवसैनिकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्धव-सैनिक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Arjuna (Savyasācī)
• Jayadratha
• Bhīma (Bhīmasena)
• Saindhava soldiers