Shloka 37

Duryodhana’s Anxiety, Bhīṣma’s Reassurance, and Renewed Mobilization (दुर्योधनचिन्ता–भीष्मप्रत्याश्वासन–सेनानिर्गमनम्)

Devanagari script

तामापतन्तीं सहसा घोररूपां दुरासदाम्‌ । अभिमन्यु: शरैस्ती&णैश्विच्छेद भुजगोपमाम्‌,उस भयंकर एवं दुर्जय सर्पिणीके समान शक्तिको सहसा अपनी ओर आते देख अभिमन्युने तीखे बाणोंद्वारा उसके टुकड़े-टुकड़े कर डाले

Transliteration

tām āpatantīṃ sahasā ghorarūpāṃ durāsadām | abhimanyuḥ śarais tīkṣṇaiś ciccheda bhujagopamām ||

Translation

तामापतन्तीं सहसा घोररूपां दुरासदाम् । अभिमन्युः शरैस्तीक्ष्णैश्चिच्छेद भुजगोपमाम् ॥

Word by Word

ताम्her/that (female object)

आपतन्तीम्falling/charging (towards)

सहसाsuddenly, at once

घोररूपाम्of terrible form

दुरासदाम्hard to approach/assail

अभिमन्युःAbhimanyu

शरैःwith arrows

तीक्ष्णैःsharp

विच्छेदcut asunder, severed

भुजगोपमाम्snake-like, resembling a serpent

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Abhimanyu

śakti (weapon/spear-like missile, implied by context)

arrows (śara)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes