Shloka 11

Sauptika-parva Adhyāya 13 — Bhīmasena’s Pursuit of Drauṇi and the Release of a Divine Astra

Devanagari script

ते समार्च्छन्नरव्याप्रा: क्षणेन भरतर्षभ । भीमसेन महेष्वासं समनुद्रुत्य वेगिता:,भरतश्रेष्ठ! वे तीनों नरश्रेष्ठ बड़े वेगसे पीछे-पीछे दौड़कर क्षणभरमें महाधनुर्धर भीमसेनके पास जा पहुँचे

Transliteration

te samārcchann aravyāprāḥ kṣaṇena bharatarṣabha | bhīmasena-maheṣvāsaṃ samanudrutya vegitāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana berkata: Wahai lembu jantan di antara kaum Bharata, tiga insan terunggul itu, cekap dalam tindakan, meluru mengejarnya dengan kelajuan besar dan dalam sekelip mata telah menyusuli Bhīmasena, pemanah yang perkasa.

Word by Word

• ते: they (those)
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• समार्च्छन्: reached / came up to
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-ऋच्छ्
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• नरव्याप्राः: tigers among men (best of men)
• नरव्याप्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर-व्याघ्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• क्षणेन: in a moment
• क्षणेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भीमसेनम्: Bhimasena
• भीमसेनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महेष्वासम्: the great bowman
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा-इष्वास
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• समनुद्रुत्य: having run after / having pursued
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-अनु-द्रु
• Form: Lyap (absolutive/gerund), Active

• वेगिताः: impelled, swift, speeding
• वेगिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेगित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bharatarṣabha (Janamejaya)
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• the three warriors (unnamed in this verse)