Shloka 5

भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय ६६: तुमुलसंग्रामवर्णनम्

The Tumult of Battle Described

Devanagari script

त॑ भीमसेन: समरे महोदधिमिवापरम्‌ | सेनासागरमक्षोभ्यं वेलेव समवारयत्‌,दूसरे महासागरके समान उस अक्षोभ्य सैन्यसमुद्रको युद्धमें भीमसेनने तटप्रदेशकी भाँति रोक दिया

Transliteration

taṁ bhīmasenaḥ samare mahodadhim ivāparam | senāsāgaram akṣobhyaṁ velā iva samavārayat ||

Translation

Санджая сказал: В самой гуще боя Бхимасена остановил тот неколебимый океан войска — как береговая черта удерживает второе великое море.

Word by Word

• तत्: that (army/host)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भीमसेनः: Bhimasena
• भीमसेनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• महोदधिम्: the great ocean
• महोदधिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महोदधि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• अपरम्: another (one)
• अपरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सेनासागरम्: ocean-like host (sea of armies)
• सेनासागरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेनासागर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अक्षोभ्यम्: unagitated, unshakable
• अक्षोभ्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षोभ्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वेला: the shore, boundary
• वेला: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेला
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• समवारयत्: checked, held back, restrained
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + √वृ (वारयति)
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• senā (army/host)
• mahodadhi (great ocean)
• velā (shoreline)