Shloka 42

भीमस्य जलान्वेषणं तथा वनविश्रान्तिः

Bhīma’s Search for Water and the Forest Halt

Devanagari script

(न दिशो नान्तरिक्षं च तदा नैव च मेदिनी । अदृश्यत महाराज तत्र किंचन संयुगे ।।

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

na diśo nāntarikṣaṃ ca tadā naiva ca medinī |

adṛśyata mahārāja tatra kiṃcana saṃyuge ||

bāṇāndhakāre balinā kṛte gāṇḍīvadhanvanā ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana berkata: Wahai Raja, dalam pertempuran itu tidak dapat dikenal arah, tidak kelihatan langit, bahkan bumi pun tidak—tiada apa-apa yang tampak. Kerana Arjuna yang perkasa, pemegang busur Gāṇḍīva, telah menebarkan kegelapan yang pekat melalui hujan anak panahnya.

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• दिशः: directions
• दिशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• न: nor
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अन्तरिक्षम्: sky/atmosphere
• अन्तरिक्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तरिक्ष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• तदा: then/at that time
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

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

• मे: of me/my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• दिनी: earth
• दिनी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेदिनी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अदृश्यत: was seen/appeared (not visible)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada (passive sense)

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• किम्: anything/what
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• चन: even (with negation: at all)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चन

• संयुगे: in the battle
• संयुगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयुग
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• बाण-अन्धकारे: in the darkness of arrows
• बाण-अन्धकारे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण-अन्धकार
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• बलिना: by the strong one
• बलिना: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• कृते: when made/created
• कृते: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• गाण्डीव-धन्वना: by the wielder of the Gāṇḍīva bow
• गाण्डीव-धन्वना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गाण्डीव-धन्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Mahārāja (Janamejaya, implied addressee)
• Arjuna
• Gāṇḍīva
• battlefield (saṃyuga)