Shloka 8

शल्यस्य पाण्डवसेनापीडनम् — Śalya’s Assault on the Pāṇḍava Host

with Omens and Bhīma’s Counter

Devanagari script

तेषु राजन्‌ निवृत्तेषु व्यूढानीकेषु भागश: । प्रावर्तत महारौद्र: संग्राम: शोणितोदक:

Transliteration

teṣu rājan nivṛtteṣu vyūḍhānīkeṣu bhāgaśaḥ | prāvartata mahāraudraḥ saṅgrāmaḥ śoṇitodakaḥ ||

Translation

ਹੇ ਰਾਜਨ! ਜਦੋਂ ਉਹ ਸਾਰੇ ਸੈਨਿਕ ਟੋਲੀਆਂ-ਟੋਲੀਆਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਵ੍ਯੂਹ ਬਣਾ ਕੇ ਮੁੜ ਆਏ, ਤਦ ਦੋਹਾਂ ਪੱਖਾਂ ਵਿਚਕਾਰ ਅਤਿ ਭਿਆਨਕ ਸੰਗ੍ਰਾਮ ਛਿੜ ਗਿਆ—ਜਿੱਥੇ ਪਾਣੀ ਵਾਂਗ ਲਹੂ ਵਹਿਣ ਲੱਗਾ।

Word by Word

• तेषु: among them / in those (persons)
• तेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, locative, plural

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• निवृत्तेषु: having returned / turned back
• निवृत्तेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि-वृत्
• Form: masculine/neuter, locative, plural, past passive participle (क्त)

• व्यूढ: arrayed / formed (in battle-order)
• व्यूढ: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-ऊह्
• Form: neuter, locative, plural, past passive participle (क्त)

• अनीकेषु: in the armies / battle-formations
• अनीकेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनीक
• Form: neuter, locative, plural

• भागशः: in parts / separately / division-wise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भागशस्

• प्रावर्तत: arose / began / commenced
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-वृत्
• Form: imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

• महा: great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular, compound-member (पूर्वपद)

• रौद्रः: terrible / fierce
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रौद्र
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• संग्रामः: battle
• संग्रामः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्राम
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• शोणित: blood
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोणित
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular, compound-member (पूर्वपद)

• उदकः: water
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदक
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• two armies (Kaurava and Pāṇḍava forces)