Shloka 80

Cakravyūha-saṃkalpaḥ, Saṃśaptaka-āhvānaṃ, Saubhadra-vikrīḍitam

Drona Parva, Adhyāya 32

Devanagari script

ततो बले भृशलुलिते परस्परं निरीक्षमाणे रुधिरौघसम्प्लुते । दिवाकरे<स्तंगिरिमास्थिते शनै- रुभे प्रयाते शिबिराय भारत

Transliteration

tato bale bhṛśalulite parasparaṃ nirīkṣamāṇe rudhiraughasamplute | divākare 'stangirim āsthite śanaiḥ ubhe prayāte śibirāya bhārata ||

Translation

सञ्जय उवाच—ततो बले भृशलुलिते परस्परं निरीक्षमाणे रुधिरौघसम्प्लुते, दिवाकरे शनैः अस्तंगिरिमास्थिते, उभे प्रयाते शिबिराय, हे भारत।

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

बलेin the army/force

भृशexceedingly, greatly

लुलितेshattered, crushed

परस्परम्mutually, at each other

निरीक्षमाणेwhile looking at (each other)

रुधिरof blood

ओघflood, torrent

सम्प्लुतेflooded, inundated

दिवाकरेwhen the sun (day-maker) was (there)

अस्तम्to setting (down)

गिरिम्mountain

आस्थितेhaving reached/being on (the mountain)

शनैःslowly, gradually

उभेboth (armies)

प्रयातेhaving departed, went

शिबिरायto the camp

भारतO Bharata

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

the two armies (Kaurava and Pāṇḍava hosts)

śibira (camps)

astamgiri (mountain of sunset / western horizon)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes