Shloka 3

भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय ६६: तुमुलसंग्रामवर्णनम्

The Tumult of Battle Described

Devanagari script

त॑ बलौघमपर्यन्तं देवैरपि सुदुःसहम्‌ । आपतत्तं सुदुष्पारं समुद्रमिव पर्वणि

Transliteration

taṁ balaugham aparyantaṁ devair api suduḥsaham | āpatattaṁ suduṣpāraṁ samudram iva parvaṇi ||

Translation

Sañjaya disse: Aquele amontoado de forças, sem fim e difícil de suportar até para os deuses, veio arremetendo, quase impossível de transpor, como o oceano quando se avoluma na lua cheia.

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• बलौघम्: mass/host of forces
• बलौघम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलौघ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अपर्यन्तम्: endless, without limit
• अपर्यन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर्यन्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• देवैः: by the gods
• देवैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

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

• सुदुःसहम्: very hard to endure/withstand
• सुदुःसहम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुदुःसह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आपतत्तम्: rushing/falling upon, attacking
• आपतत्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√पत्
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सुदुष्पारम्: very hard to cross
• सुदुष्पारम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुदुष्पार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• समुद्रम्: ocean, sea
• समुद्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• पर्वणि: at the time of the full-moon (parvan); on a parvan day
• पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• devas (gods)
• samudra (ocean)