Shloka 61

भीमसेनस्य बहुमहारथसंयुगः

Bhīmasena’s Engagement with Multiple Mahārathas

Devanagari script

पीतकौशेयसंवीतो मणिश्यामो जनार्दन: । शुशुभे विद्रवन्‌ भीष्म विद्युन्माली यथाम्बुद:

Transliteration

pītakauśeyasaṃvīto maṇiśyāmo janārdanaḥ | śuśubhe vidravan bhīṣma vidyunmālī yathāmbudaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: Berbalut sutera kuning, Janārdana—gelap bak nilam—bersinar gemilang ketika meluru ke arah Bhīṣma, bagaikan awan hujan hitam yang dihiasi untaian kilat.

Word by Word

• पीत: yellow
• पीत: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• कौशेय: silk (cloth)
• कौशेय: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौशेय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• संवीतः: clad, wrapped
• संवीतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सं-√वी (वे)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मणि: gem
• मणि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• श्यामः: dark, blue-black
• श्यामः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्याम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जनार्दनः: Janardana (Krishna)
• जनार्दनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शुशुभे: shone, appeared splendid
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शुभ्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

• विद्रवन्: running forth, rushing
• विद्रवन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√द्रु (द्रव्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Present active participle

• भीष्मम्: Bhishma (towards/at Bhishma)
• भीष्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विद्युत्: lightning
• विद्युत्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्युत्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• माली: garlanded, wreathed (with)
• माली: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मालिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यथा: as, like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• अम्बुदः: cloud
• अम्बुदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बुद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa)
• Bhīṣma
• yellow silk garment (pītakauśeya/pītāmbara)
• lightning
• dark rain-cloud

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how divine power and beauty are not merely ornamental but accompany urgent, righteous action in a moment of moral peril. Kṛṣṇa’s splendor while rushing toward Bhīṣma signals the gravity of protecting dharma even amid the chaos of battle.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes Kṛṣṇa (Janārdana), dressed in yellow silk and dark as a sapphire, rushing toward Bhīṣma. His appearance is compared to a dark cloud streaked with lightning, emphasizing speed, majesty, and the charged atmosphere of the battlefield.