Shloka 68

भीष्मस्य मध्याह्नयुद्धवर्णनम् / Mid-day Battle Description: Bhīṣma Engaged by the Pāñcālas

Devanagari script

विबभौ तद्‌ रणस्थानं स्यन्दमानैरिवाचलै: । नानारागै: कम्बलैश्व परिस्तोमैश्नव दन्तिनाम्‌

Transliteration

vibabhau tad raṇasthānaṃ syandamānair ivācalaiḥ | nānārāgaiḥ kambalaiś ca paristomaiś caiva dantinām ||

Translation

ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: ສະໜາມຮົບນັ້ນສ່ອງປະກາຍສະຫວ່າງໄສ ດັ່ງມີພູເຂົາໄຫຼລົງມາ—ງາມສະຫງ່າດ້ວຍຜ້າຫົ່ມຫຼາຍສີ ແລະຜ້າຄຸມອັນປະນີດທີ່ປູຄຸມເທິງຊ້າງທັງຫຼາຍ.

Word by Word

• विबभौ: shone, appeared splendid
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि√भा
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तत्: that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• रणस्थानम्: battlefield (place of battle)
• रणस्थानम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रणस्थान
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• स्यन्दमानैः: flowing, streaming
• स्यन्दमानैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्यन्दमान
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• इव: as if, like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अचलैः: mountains
• अचलैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अचल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• नाना-रागैः: of various colors
• नाना-रागैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नानाराग
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• कम्बलैः: blankets, coverings
• कम्बलैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कम्बल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• परिस्तोमैः: coverings/spreads, layers (as strewn around)
• परिस्तोमैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिस्तोम
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• नव: new, fresh
• नव: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नव
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• दन्तिनाम्: of elephants
• Type: Noun
• Root: दन्तिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• raṇasthāna (battlefield)
• dantin (elephants)
• kambala (blankets/coverings)
• paristoma (spreads/coverlets)