Shloka 56

भीष्मस्य मध्याह्नयुद्धवर्णनम् / Mid-day Battle Description: Bhīṣma Engaged by the Pāñcālas

Devanagari script

तथैवाश्वनूनागानां शरीरैविंबभौ तदा । संछन्ना वसुधा राजन्‌ पर्वतैरिव सर्वश:,राजन! इसी प्रकार घोड़े, हाथी और मनुष्योंके मृत शरीरोंसे सारी वसुधा आच्छादित हो उस समय पर्वतोंसे ढकी हुई-सी जान पड़ती थी

Transliteration

tathaivāśvanūnāgānāṃ śarīrair vimbabhau tadā | saṃchannā vasudhā rājan parvatair iva sarvaśaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “So too, O King, at that time the earth appeared covered everywhere with the bodies of fallen horses, elephants, and men—looking as though it were blanketed by mountains.”

Word by Word

तथाthus, in that manner

एवindeed, just

अश्वof horses

नृof men

नागानाम्of elephants

शरीरैःwith bodies

विबभौshone/appeared

तदाthen, at that time

संछन्नाcovered, concealed

वसुधाthe earth

राजन्O king

पर्वतैःwith mountains

इवas if, like

सर्वशःeverywhere, on all sides

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'rājan')

earth (vasudhā)

horses (aśvāḥ)

elephants (nāgāḥ)

men (nūnāḥ)

mountains (parvatāḥ)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes