Shloka 86

कर्णपर्व — अध्याय ५९

Arjuna Breaks the Encirclement; Bhīma Reinforces

Devanagari script

अक्षौहिण्यस्तथा तिस्रो धार्तराष्ट्रस्य संहता: । क़्ुद्धेन भीमसेनेन नरसिंहेन वारिता:

Transliteration

akṣauhiṇyastathā tisro dhārtarāṣṭrasya saṃhatāḥ | kruddhena bhīmasenena narasiṃhena vāritāḥ ||

Translation

ਸੰਜਯ ਬੋਲਿਆ—ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਧ੍ਰਿਤਰਾਸ਼ਟਰ ਦੀਆਂ ਤਿੰਨ ਅਕਸ਼ੌਹਿਣੀ ਸੈਨਾਵਾਂ ਇਕੱਠੀਆਂ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਅੱਗੇ ਵਧ ਰਹੀਆਂ ਸਨ, ਪਰ ਕ੍ਰੋਧਿਤ ਨਰਸਿੰਹ ਭੀਮਸੇਨ ਨੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਰੋਕ ਲਿਆ।

Word by Word

• अक्षौहिण्यः: armies (akṣauhiṇīs)
• अक्षौहिण्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्षौहिणी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• तथा: also/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• तिस्रः: three
• तिस्रः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• धार्तराष्ट्रस्य: of Dhṛtarāṣṭra / of the Dhārtarāṣṭras
• Type: Noun
• Root: धार्तराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• संहताः: massed together, assembled
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-हन्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• क्रुद्धेन: by the enraged (one)
• क्रुद्धेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुध्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• भीमसेनेन: by Bhīmasena
• भीमसेनेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• नरसिंहेन: by the man-lion (hero)
• नरसिंहेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरसिंह
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• वारिताः: were checked/held back
• Type: Verb
• Root: वारि (√वृ/√वार् in causative sense ‘to restrain’)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (as ‘Dhārtarāṣṭra’—his forces/Kauravas)
• three akṣauhiṇīs (Kaurava army divisions)