Shloka 7

भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय ६६: तुमुलसंग्रामवर्णनम्

The Tumult of Battle Described

Devanagari script

उदीर्णान्‌ पर्थिवान्‌ सर्वान्‌ साश्वान्‌ सरथकुण्जरान्‌ | असम्भ्रमं भीमसेनो गदया समवारयत्‌

Transliteration

udīrṇān pārthivān sarvān sāśvān sarathakuñjarān | asambhramaṃ bhīmaseno gadayā samavārayat ||

Translation

သဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်– မြင်းများ၊ ရထားများ၊ ဆင်များနှင့်တကွ မင်းများအားလုံး တိုးဝင်လာကြသော်လည်း ဘီမစေနသည် စိတ်မလှုပ်ရှားဘဲ မိမိ၏ ဂဒါဖြင့် သူတို့ကို တားဆီးလိုက်၏။

Word by Word

• उदीर्णान्: advanced, risen up (to attack)
• उदीर्णान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उदीर्ण (उद्-√ईर्ण/√ऋ; past passive participle used adjectivally)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पार्थिवान्: kings
• पार्थिवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• साश्वान्: with horses
• साश्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + अश्व (साश्व)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सरथकुञ्जरान्: with chariots and elephants
• सरथकुञ्जरान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + रथ + कुञ्जर (सरथकुञ्जर)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• असम्भ्रमम्: without confusion; calmly
• असम्भ्रमम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अ-सम्भ्रम

• भीमसेनः: Bhimasena
• भीमसेनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गदया: with a mace
• गदया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• समवारयत्: checked, held back, stopped
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + √वृ (वारयति, causative of √वृ/√वृञ् ‘to check/ward off’)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• pārthivāḥ (kings)
• aśvāḥ (horses)
• rathāḥ (chariots)
• kuñjarāḥ (elephants)
• gadā (mace)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights asambhrama—steadiness without panic—as a warrior’s virtue: effective strength is guided by composure and disciplined action rather than fear or frenzy.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Bhīma, wielding his mace, single-handedly checks the advancing mass of kings along with their cavalry, chariots, and elephants, stopping their forward rush.