Shloka 503

Arjuna’s Advance toward Bhīṣma; The Gāṇḍīva’s Signal and the Armies’ Convergence (भीष्माभिमुखगमनम् — गाण्डीवनिर्घोष-ध्वजवर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

असहां मन्यमानाश्च नातिप्रमनसो5 भवन्‌ । उसके उस विशाल रूपको देखकर सब महारथी अपने लिये असहा मानते हुए हतोत्साह हो गये

Transliteration

asahān manyamānāś ca nātipramanaso 'bhavan |

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「その巨大で圧倒的な姿を見て、すべての大車戦士は自らでは耐えられぬと判断し、気力を失って意気消沈した。」

Word by Word

• असहाः: unable to endure
• असहाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मन्यमानाः: thinking/considering (themselves)
• मन्यमानाः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (मन्यते)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Parasmaipada (active participle sense)

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

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अतिप्रमनसः: not over-confident / not high-spirited
• अतिप्रमनसः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतिप्रमनस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अभवन्: became / were
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• mahārathāḥ (the great chariot-warriors)
• viśāla-rūpa (the vast form)