Shloka 27

Chapter 47: Krauñca-vyūha Deployment and Conch-Signals

Kaurava–Pāṇḍava Readiness

Devanagari script

व्यक्त भीत इवाभ्येति राजासौ भीष्ममन्तिकम्‌ | युधिष्ठटिर: ससोदर्य: शरणार्थ प्रयाचक:,“देखो, स्पष्ट ही दिखायी दे रहा है कि वह राजा युधिष्ठिर भयभीतकी भाँति भाइयोंसहित भीष्मजीके निकट शरण माँगनेके लिये आ रहा है

Transliteration

vyakta-bhīta ivābhyeti rājāsau bhīṣmam antikam | yudhiṣṭhiraḥ sa-sodaryaḥ śaraṇārthaṃ prayācakaḥ |

Translation

Wika ni Sañjaya: “Tingnan ninyo—kitang-kita—ang haring si Yudhiṣṭhira ay lumalapit kay Bhīṣma na wari’y nilalamon ng takot. Kasama ang kanyang mga kapatid, dumarating siya bilang isang namamanhik, humihingi ng kanlungan.”

Word by Word

व्यक्तम्clearly, manifestly

भीतःfrightened

इवas if, like

अभ्येतिapproaches, comes near

राजाthe king

असौthat (one), he

भीष्मम्Bhishma

अन्तिकम्near, in the vicinity

युधिष्ठिरःYudhishthira

स-सोदर्यःtogether with his brothers (lit. with uterine brothers)

शरण-अर्थम्for refuge, for protection

प्रयाचकःa supplicant, one who begs

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Yudhiṣṭhira

Bhīṣma

Yudhiṣṭhira's brothers (the Pāṇḍavas)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes