Shloka 70

Śalya-hatānantarāṇi: Madrarāja-padānugānāṃ praskandana and the Pandava counter-encirclement (शल्यहतानन्तराणि—मद्रराजपदानुगानां प्रस्कन्दनम्)

Devanagari script

तमायान्तं महेष्वासं दुष्प्रसहूं दुरासदम्‌

Transliteration

tam āyāntaṁ maheṣvāsaṁ duṣprasahaṁ durāsadam

Translation

അവൻ മുന്നേറിവരുന്നതു കണ്ടപ്പോൾ—മഹാധനുർധരൻ, കീഴടക്കാൻ ദുഷ്കരൻ, സമീപിക്കാനേ ദുർലഭൻ—(അവരിൽ ഭയം പടർന്നു)।

Word by Word

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

• आयान्तम्: coming, approaching
• आयान्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-या (धातु: या)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)

• महेष्वासम्: great bowman (one having a great bow)
• महेष्वासम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेष्वास
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दुष्प्रसहम्: hard to overpower, irresistible
• दुष्प्रसहम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुष्प्रसह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दुरासदम्: hard to assail/approach, unassailable
• दुरासदम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुरासद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• an advancing great archer (unnamed in this half-verse)