Shloka 47

अजिशीर्षे प्रातःसंध्यायां संग्रामवर्णनम् / Dawn-Transition Battle at Ajiśīrṣa

Chapter 161

Devanagari script

बीभत्सुरपि राजेन्द्र पड्चालैरभिसंवृत:

Transliteration

bībhatsur api rājendra pāñcālair abhisamvṛtaḥ

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「大王よ、恐るべき武人ビービャツ（アルジュナ）でさえ、パンチャーラ軍に四方から包囲されたのです。」

Word by Word

• बीभत्सुः: the terrible one (Bhībhatsu/Arjuna)
• बीभत्सुः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बीभत्सु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also / even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings (O best of kings)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पाञ्चालैः: by/with the Pāñcālas
• पाञ्चालैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चाल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अभिसंवृतः: surrounded / encompassed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-सम्-√वृ (वृणोति/वृ)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Bhībhatsu (Arjuna)
• Pāñcālas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even the most principled and skilled warrior can be pressed by circumstances; dharma in war includes steadiness under pressure and the capacity to respond without abandoning discipline or ethical restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Arjuna (called Bhībhatsu) has been encircled by the Pāñcāla forces, highlighting a tense tactical moment in the Drona Parva battle.