Shloka 18

भीमसेनस्य प्रतिघातः—भगदत्तगजप्रहारः—घटोत्कचमायायुद्धम्

Bhīma’s Counteroffensive, Bhagadatta’s Elephant Assault, and Ghaṭotkaca’s Māyā Engagement

Devanagari script

एवमेतं महाव्यूहं प्रत्यव्यूहन्त पाण्डवा:

Transliteration

evam etaṁ mahāvyūhaṁ pratyavyūhanta pāṇḍavāḥ

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: “Demikianlah, sebagai jawapan kepada formasi perang yang maha besar itu, para Pāṇḍava menyusun formasi balas—strategi dibalas dengan strategi, menurut tertib peperangan dan pertarungan yang digerakkan oleh dharma (tanggungjawab).”

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• एतम्: this
• एतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महाव्यूहम्: great battle-formation
• महाव्यूहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाव्यूह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रति: against, in return
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

• अव्यूहन्त: they arrayed (in formation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-ऊह्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• पाण्डवाः: the Pandavas
• पाण्डवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍavas
• mahāvyūha (great battle formation)