Shloka 10

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Anxiety and Bhīṣma’s Theological Explanation of Pāṇḍava Invincibility

Book 6, Chapter 61

Devanagari script

सेनाग्रादपि निष्पत्य प्रायुध्यंस्तत्र मानवा: । उभयो: सेनयो राजन्‌ व्यतिषक्तरथद्वधिपा:,वहाँ सेनाके अग्रभागसे भी निकलकर (व्यूह छोड़कर) वीर सैनिक युद्ध करते थे। राजन! दोनों सेनाओंके रथ और हाथी परस्पर भिड़ गये

Transliteration

senāgrād api niṣpatya prāyudhyantas tatra mānavāḥ | ubhayoḥ senayo rājan vyatiṣakta-ratha-dvipāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya disse: “Ó rei, alguns guerreiros chegaram a romper até mesmo a linha da frente da formação e ali lutavam corpo a corpo. As carruagens e os elefantes de ambos os exércitos chocaram-se e ficaram enredados ao se arremeterem uns contra os outros.”

Word by Word

• सेना-अग्रात्: from the front of the army
• सेना-अग्रात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेनाग्र
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• अपि: even/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• निष्पत्य: having rushed out
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि√पत्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada

• प्रायुध्यन्: fighting
• प्रायुध्यन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√युध्
• Form: Present active participle, Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• मानवाः: men/warriors
• मानवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• उभयोः: of both
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उभ
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Dual

• सेनयोः: of the two armies
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेना
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Dual

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• व्यतिषक्त-रथ-द्विपाः: whose chariots and elephants were intermingled/locked together
• व्यतिषक्त-रथ-द्विपाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यतिषक्तरथद्विप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• two armies (Kaurava and Pāṇḍava forces)
• chariots (ratha)
• elephants (dvipāḥ)
• battle-array/formation (vyūha, implied)