Shloka 69

Gadāyuddhe Kṛṣṇopadeśaḥ (Kṛṣṇa’s Counsel in the Mace-Duel) — Śalya-parva 57

Devanagari script

ततः परानाविशदुत्तमं भयं समीक्ष्य भूमौ पतितं नरोत्तमम्‌ | अहीयमानं च बलेन कौरवं निशाम्य भेदं सुदृढस्य वर्मण:,राजन! तदनन्तर यह देखकर कि भीमसेनका सुदृढ़ कवच छित्न-भिन्न हो गया, नरश्रेष्ठ भीम धराशायी हो गये और कुरुराज दुर्योधनका बल क्षीण नहीं हो रहा है, शत्रुओंके मनमें बड़ा भारी भय समा गया

Transliteration

tataḥ parān āviśad uttamaṁ bhayaṁ samīkṣya bhūmau patitaṁ narottamam | ahīyamānaṁ ca balena kauravaṁ niśāmya bhedaṁ sudṛḍhasya varmaṇaḥ ||

Translation

ข้าแต่พระราชา ครั้นแล้วเมื่อฝ่ายศัตรูเห็นภีมผู้ประเสริฐในหมู่มนุษย์ล้มลงกับพื้น เห็นเกราะอันแน่นหนาของเขาถูกทำลาย และเห็นว่ากำลังของกษัตริย์กุรุทุรโยธน์มิได้ร่อยหรอเลย ความหวาดกลัวอันยิ่งใหญ่ก็แผ่ซ่านเข้าครอบงำทั่วทั้งกองทัพ

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'thereupon/from that')

• परान्: the others/enemies
• परान्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• आविशत्: entered/seized
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-विश्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada

• उत्तमम्: great/supreme
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भयम्: fear
• भयम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• समीक्ष्य: having seen/observed
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-ईक्ष्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), indeclinable

• भूमौ: on the ground
• भूमौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• पतितम्: fallen
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पतित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नर-उत्तमम्: the best of men
• नर-उत्तमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर + उत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अहीयमानम्: not diminishing/undiminished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-हीयमान
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular (present passive participle of √हा 'to diminish' with negation)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Avyaya

• बलेन: by strength
• बलेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• कौरवम्: the Kaurava (Duryodhana)
• कौरवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: कौरव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• निशाम्य: having noticed
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-शम्/नि-शाम् (नि-शम्: to observe/notice)
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), indeclinable

• भेदम्: a breach/splitting
• भेदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सुदृढस्य: of the very firm
• सुदृढस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुदृढ
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• वर्मणः: of the armor
• वर्मणः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīmasena (implied by context as narottama fallen and armour breached)
• Duryodhana (as Kaurava whose strength is not diminishing)
• Kauravas
• enemies/opponents (parāḥ)