Shloka 13

Chapter 19: Prativyūha of the Pāṇḍavas — Vajra (Acala) Formation and Dawn Omens

Devanagari script

भीमसेनो गदां बिभ्रद्‌ वज़सारमयीं दृढाम्‌ । चरन्‌ वेगेन महता समुद्रमपि शोषयेत्‌

Transliteration

bhīmaseno gadāṃ bibhrad vajrasāramayīṃ dṛḍhām | caran vegena mahatā samudram api śoṣayet ||

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ພີມເສນ ຖືຄອນກະບອງອັນແຂງກ້າ ທຳດ້ວຍແກ່ນສານດັ່ງເພັດ, ເຄື່ອນໄຫວດ້ວຍຄວາມໄວອັນມະຫາສານ ຈົນປານດັ່ງວ່າຈະສາມາດເຮັດໃຫ້ທະເລແຫ້ງໄດ້»។

Word by Word

• भीमसेनः: Bhimasena (Bhima)
• भीमसेनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गदाम्: a mace
• गदाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• बिभ्रत्: bearing, carrying
• बिभ्रत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भृ
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वज्रसारमयीम्: made of adamantine essence (hard as a thunderbolt)
• वज्रसारमयीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वज्रसारमय
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• दृढाम्: firm, strong
• दृढाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृढ
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• चरन्: moving, roaming
• चरन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वेगेन: with speed
• वेगेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• महता: great, mighty
• महता: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• समुद्रम्: the ocean
• समुद्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• शोषयेत्: could dry up
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुष्
• Form: Vidhi-linga (optative), Parasmaipada, Third, Singular, Active

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• gadā (mace)
• vajra (adamant/thunderbolt as a symbol of hardness)
• samudra (ocean)