Shloka 143

अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च

Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter

Devanagari script

व्यहनत्‌ तावकं सैन्यं शतशो5थ सहसख्रश: । पश्यतस्तस्य वीरस्य तव पुत्रस्य भारत,भारत! इसी समय शत्रुओंको संताप देनेवाले अर्जुनने आपकी सेनाके सैकड़ों और हजारों योद्धाओंको आपके वीर पुत्रके देखते-देखते मार डाला

Transliteration

vyahanat tāvakaṃ sainyaṃ śataśo ’tha sahasraśaḥ | paśyatas tasya vīrasya tava putrasya bhārata ||

Translation

ସଞ୍ଜୟ କହିଲେ—ହେ ଭାରତ, ତୁମ ବୀର ପୁତ୍ର ଦେଖୁଥିବାବେଳେ ଅର୍ଜୁନ ତୁମ ସେନାକୁ ସେକଡ଼ ସେକଡ଼ କରି, ପୁଣି ହଜାର ହଜାର କରି ନିହତ କଲେ।

Word by Word

• व्यहनत्: slew, struck down
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (√हन्)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तावकम्: your (belonging to you)
• तावकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तावक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सैन्यम्: army
• सैन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शतशः: by hundreds, in hundreds
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शतशस्

• अथ: then, and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• सहस्रशः: by thousands, in thousands
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस्

• पश्यतः: while (he) was seeing; of (him) seeing
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्यत् (from √पश्)
• Form: Present active participle (Śatṛ), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• तस्य: of him/that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• वीरस्य: of the hero
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तव: of you, your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• पुत्रस्य: of (your) son
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (addressed as Bhārata)
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son (Duryodhana implied)
• Kaurava army (tāvakaṃ sainyam)