Shloka 75

Devanagari script

तान्‌ दृष्टवा विद्रुतान्‌ सर्वान्‌ धार्तराष्ट्रानू पराड्मुखान्‌ । जवेनाभ्यापतद्‌ भीम: किरन्‌ शरशतान्‌ बहून्‌

Transliteration

tān dṛṣṭvā vidrutān sarvān dhārtarāṣṭrān parāṅmukhān | javena abhyāpatad bhīmaḥ kiran śaraśatān bahūn ||

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。持国王の子らが皆、戦いから顔を背けて逃げ散るのを見て、ビー マは猛烈な勢いで彼らに襲いかかり、幾百もの矢を雨のごとく浴びせた。

Word by Word

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite

• विद्रुतान्: fleeing, running away
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विद्रुत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सर्वान्: all
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• धार्तराष्ट्रान्: the sons/men of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Kauravas)
• धार्तराष्ट्रान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धार्तराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पराङ्मुखान्: with faces turned away; turned back (in flight)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पराङ्मुख
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• जवेन: with speed, swiftly
• जवेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अभ्यापतत्: rushed upon, charged at
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-आपत्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भीमः: Bhīma
• भीमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• किरन्: scattering, showering
• Type: Verb
• Root: कॄ (किरति)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शरशतान्: hundreds of arrows
• शरशतान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरशत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• बहून्: many
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīma (Bhīmasena)
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons (Kauravas)
• arrows (śara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the epic’s martial ethic: in a dharma-yuddha framework, turning away from battle signifies loss of kṣatriya resolve, while the pursuer enforces the consequences of abandoning one’s duty—though the narrative also exposes the grim, uncompromising nature of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that the Kaurava forces (Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons/men) are fleeing the battlefield; Bhīma, seeing them retreat, charges after them at high speed and rains down hundreds of arrows.