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Shloka 28

तत्र भारत भीमस्य बल दृष्टवातिमानुषम्‌ | व्यभ्रमन्त रणे योधा: कालस्थेव युगक्षये,भारत! उस समय प्रलयकालीन कालके समान भीमसेनके अलौकिक बलको देखकर रणभूमिमें सारे योद्धा इधर-उधर भटकने लगे

tatra bhārata bhīmasya bala dṛṣṭvātimānuṣam | vyabhramanta raṇe yodhāḥ kālastha iva yugakṣaye, bhārata |

サञ्जャヤは言った。「そのとき、バーラタよ、ビーマの人ならぬ威力を見て、戦場の武者たちは眩み、狼狽して四方へ散り乱れた――まるで劫末に一つの時代が崩れ去る折、カーラ(時・死)そのものに打たれたかのように。」

तत्रthere, in that place
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
भारतO Bharata
भारत:
TypeNoun
Rootभारत
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
भीमस्यof Bhima
भीमस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootभीम
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
बलम्strength, force
बलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootबल
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)
अतिमानुषम्superhuman
अतिमानुषम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootअतिमानुष
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
व्यभ्रमन्तwandered about, reeled
व्यभ्रमन्त:
TypeVerb
Rootभ्रम्
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada
रणेin battle
रणे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootरण
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
योधाःwarriors
योधाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयोध
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
कालस्थाःstanding in/under Time (i.e., seized by Time)
कालस्थाः:
TypeAdjective
Rootकालस्थ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
इवas if, like
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
युगक्षयेat the end of an age (world-cycle)
युगक्षये:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootयुगक्षय
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
B
Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra addressed)
B
Bhīma (Bhīmasena)
Y
yodhāḥ (warriors)

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores how extraordinary power in war can overwhelm even seasoned fighters, and it frames that terror through the ethical-cosmic lens of Kāla (Time): human prowess and confidence collapse when confronted with forces that seem larger than human agency.

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that, on seeing Bhīma’s immense, seemingly superhuman strength, the warriors on the battlefield become disoriented and scatter, compared to beings thrown into confusion at the end of an age when Time brings dissolution.