Shloka 35

भीष्मवधाय प्रयाणम् — The Advance toward Bhīṣma and Counter-Engagements

Devanagari script

तत्राद्भुतमपश्याम तव तेषां च भारत । न तत्रासीत्‌ पुमान्‌ कश्रिद्‌ यो युद्ध नाभिकाड्क्षति,भारत! हमने वहाँ आपके और पाण्डवोंके सैनिकोंका अद्भुत उत्साह देखा। वहाँ ऐसा कोई पुरुष नहीं था, जो युद्ध न चाहता हो

Transliteration

tatrādbhutam apaśyāma tava teṣāṃ ca bhārata | na tatrāsīt pumān kaścid yo yuddhaṃ nābhikāṅkṣati ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “There we witnessed a wondrous ardour among both your forces and theirs, O Bhārata. In that place there was not a single man who did not long for battle.”

Word by Word

तत्रthere

अद्भुतम्wonderful, astonishing (thing)

अपश्यामwe saw

तवof you/your

तेषाम्of them (those)

चand

भारतO Bharata

नnot

तत्रthere

आसीत्was

पुमान्a man

कश्चित्anyone, some

यःwho

युद्धम्battle, war

नnot

अभिकाङ्क्षतिdesires, longs for

भारतO Bharata

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (addressed as Bhārata)

Kaurava army (tava sainyāni implied)

Pāṇḍava army (teṣāṃ sainyāni implied)

Kurukṣetra battlefield (tatra implied)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes