Shloka 44

Arjuna’s Advance toward Bhīṣma; The Gāṇḍīva’s Signal and the Armies’ Convergence (भीष्माभिमुखगमनम् — गाण्डीवनिर्घोष-ध्वजवर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

आपततन्नेव च रणे भीमसेनं शिलीमुखै: । अदृश्यं समरे चक्रे जीमूत इव भास्करम्‌

Transliteration

āpatatann eva ca raṇe bhīmasenaṃ śilīmukhaiḥ | adṛśyaṃ samare cakre jīmūta iva bhāskaram ||

Translation

Wika ni Sañjaya: Kahit habang sumusugod si Bhīmasena sa labanan, tinamaan siya ng mga palasong śilīmukha; at sa gitna ng sagupaan, ginawa siyang maglaho sa paningin ng umatake—gaya ng makapal na ulap na tumatakip sa araw.

Word by Word

• आपततन्: they rushed/attacked
• आपततन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आपत् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), 3, Plural, परस्मैपद

• न: indeed/just (emphatic)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• शिलीमुखैः: with arrows
• शिलीमुखैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिलीमुख
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अदृश्यम्: invisible
• अदृश्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अदृश्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• समरे: in the battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• चक्रे: made/caused
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), 3, Singular, परस्मैपद

• जीमूतः: a cloud
• जीमूतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीमूत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• भास्करम्: the sun
• भास्करम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• śilīmukha (arrows)
• bhāskara (the sun)
• jīmūta (cloud)