Shloka 3

Chapter 23: Śakuni Reports, Kaurava Advance, and Arjuna’s Penetration of the Host

Devanagari script

निवृत्ता: सहसा योधास्तव पुत्रजयैषिण: । संनिवृत्तेषु तेष्वेवं युद्धभासीत्‌ सुदारुणम्‌,यह देख आपके पुत्रकी विजय चाहनेवाले योद्धा सहसा लौट पड़े। इस प्रकार उनके लौटनेपर उन सबमें अत्यन्त भयंकर युद्ध होने लगा

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | nivṛttāḥ sahasā yodhās tava putra-jayaiṣiṇaḥ | saṃnivṛtteṣu teṣv evaṃ yuddham āsīt sudāruṇam ||

Translation

ਇਹ ਵੇਖ ਕੇ ਤੇਰੇ ਪੁੱਤਰ ਦੀ ਜਿੱਤ ਚਾਹੁਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਯੋਧੇ ਅਚਾਨਕ ਮੁੜ ਪਏ। ਉਹਨਾਂ ਦੇ ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਵਾਪਸ ਆਉਂਦੇ ਹੀ ਉੱਥੇ ਬਹੁਤ ਹੀ ਭਿਆਨਕ ਯੁੱਧ ਛਿੜ ਗਿਆ।

Word by Word

निवृत्ताःhaving turned back/returned

सहसाsuddenly

योधाःwarriors

तवof you/your

पुत्रson's

जयvictory

एषिणःseeking/desiring

संनिवृत्तेषुwhen (they) had turned back / among the returned

तेषुamong them/in them

एवम्thus/in this manner

युद्धम्battle

अभासीत्appeared/arose

सुदारुणम्very dreadful

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Dhritarashtra (implied by 'tava')

Dhritarashtra's son (implied: Duryodhana)

Kaurava warriors (implied by 'your warriors')

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes