Shloka 15

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 50 — Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Appraisal of Bhīmasena (भीमसेनभयवर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

संजयाचक्ष्व मे शूरं भीमसेनममर्षणम्‌ । अतिलाभं तु मन्ये5हं यत्‌ तेन रिपुधातिना

Transliteration

sañjayācakṣva me śūraṃ bhīmasenam amarṣaṇam | atilābhaṃ tu manye 'haṃ yat tena ripudhātinā ||

Translation

धृतराष्ट्र उवाच— संजय, मे शूरं भीमसेनममर्षणं वर्णय। अहं तु अतिलाभं मन्ये यत् स रिपुधातिना हतः।

Word by Word

• संजय: O Sañjaya
• संजय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• आचक्ष्व: tell, describe
• आचक्ष्व: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: चक्ष्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• शूरम्: heroic, brave
• शूरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शूर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भीमसेनम्: Bhīmasena
• भीमसेनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अमर्षणम्: unforbearing, intolerant (of insult)
• अमर्षणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमर्षण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अतिलाभम्: a great gain
• अतिलाभम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अतिलाभ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तु: but, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• मन्ये: I think, I consider
• मन्ये: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Atmanepada

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• यत्: that (the fact that)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तेन: by him/with him
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• रिपुधातिना: by the slayer of enemies
• रिपुधातिना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रिपुधातिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Sañjaya
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)