Shloka 5

भीष्मस्य मण्डलव्यूहः — Bhīṣma’s Maṇḍala Battle-Formation and the Opening Engagements

Devanagari script

तमुदीर्यन्तमालोक्य राजा दुर्योधनस्तत: । रथानामयुतं तस्य प्रेषयामास भारत,भारत! उस समय उन्हें युद्धमें बढ़ते देख राजा दुर्योधनने उनका सामना करनेके लिये दस हजार रथियोंकी सेना भेजी

Transliteration

tam udīryantam ālokya rājā duryodhanas tataḥ | rathānām ayutaṁ tasya preṣayāmāsa bhārata ||

Translation

ಭಾರತಾ! ಅವನು ಯುದ್ಧದಲ್ಲಿ ಮುನ್ನಡೆಯುತ್ತಿರುವುದನ್ನು ಕಂಡ ರಾಜ ದುರ್ಯೋಧನನು, ಅವನ ಎದುರಿಗೆ ಹತ್ತು ಸಾವಿರ ರಥಯೋಧರ ಪಡೆಯನ್ನು ಕಳುಹಿಸಿದನು।

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उदीर्यन्तम्: advancing/raising (himself), moving forward
• उदीर्यन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-ईर्
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आलोक्य: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-लोक्
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय), gerund

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दुर्योधनः: Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ततः: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• रथानाम्: of chariots
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अयुतम्: ten thousand
• अयुतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयुत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तस्य: of him/of that (one)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• प्रेषयामास: sent/dispatched
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-इष्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duryodhana
• Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• ratha (chariots/chariot-warriors)