Shloka 376

भीमसेनस्य बहुमहारथसंयुगः

Bhīmasena’s Engagement with Multiple Mahārathas

Devanagari script

अकाम इव बीभत्सुरिदं वचनमत्रवीत्‌ । भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णके ऐसा कहनेपर अर्जुनने मुँह नीचे किये तिरछी दृष्टिसे देखते हुए अनिच्छुककी भाँति उनसे इस प्रकार कहा--

Transliteration

akāma iva bībhatsur idaṁ vacanam atravīt | bhagavān śrīkṛṣṇe evaṁ kahane para arjunane mukhaṁ nīce kṛtvā tiracchī dṛṣṭyā paśyan anicchukasya bhāvena tebhyaḥ evaṁ uvāca—

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「まるで気が進まぬかのように、アルジュナ（ビーバツ）はこの言葉を口にした。福徳なるシュリー・クリシュナがそう語ると、アルジュナは顔を伏せ、横目で見やりつつ、言い淀む者のように主に申し上げた。そこには胸中の葛藤が現れていた。」

Word by Word

• अकामः: unwilling, without desire
• अकामः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अकाम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: as if, like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• बीभत्सुः: Arjuna (the one named Bībhatsu)
• बीभत्सुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बीभत्सु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वचनम्: speech, words
• वचनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• अवीत्: said, spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• श्रीकृष्णः: Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• श्रीकृष्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीकृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• के: in/when (in what circumstance)
• के: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एसा: such/this (Hindi-influenced form; Sanskrit would be एषः/एतादृशः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कहने: to say (non-Sanskrit/Hindi insertion)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ्
• Form: Tumun (infinitive-like Hindi usage), Active

• पर: upon/after (Hindi postposition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पर

• अर्जुनः: Arjuna
• अर्जुनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ने: (Hindi ergative marker; not Sanskrit)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• मुँह: face (Hindi form; Sanskrit मुखम्)
• मुँह: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• नीचे: downwards (Hindi; Sanskrit अधः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नीच

• किये: having done/made (Hindi form; Sanskrit कृत्वा/कृतः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Kta (past participle; Hindi usage), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तिरछी: oblique, sidelong (Hindi; Sanskrit तिर्यग्दृष्ट्या)
• तिरछी: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तिर्यक्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• दृष्टिसे: with (his) glance (Hindi postposition; Sanskrit दृष्ट्या)
• दृष्टिसे: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• देखते: looking (Hindi; Sanskrit पश्यन्)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Śatṛ (present participle; Hindi form), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हुए: having been (Hindi; Sanskrit भूत्वा/भूय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Kta (past participle; Hindi usage), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अनिच्छुकस्य: of an unwilling (person)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनिच्छुक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• भाँति: like, in the manner of (Hindi; Sanskrit इव/वत्)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भान्ति/भाँति

• तेभ्यः: to them (i.e., to him/them)
• तेभ्यः: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Plural

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• प्रकारम्: manner, way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अवदत्: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna (Bībhatsu)
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa (Bhagavān)