Shloka 79

भीष्मशिबिरगमनम् — Duryodhana’s Visit to Bhīṣma’s Camp and the Command Appeal

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्‌ महति संग्रामे तादृशे भैरवे पुन: । महान्‌ व्यतिकरो घोर: सेनयो: समपद्यत,फिर तो उस भयंकर एवं महान संग्राममें दोनों सेनाओंका अत्यन्त भयंकर सम्मिश्रण हो गया

Transliteration

tasmin mahati saṅgrāme tādṛśe bhairave punaḥ | mahān vyatikaro ghoraḥ senayoḥ samapadyata ||

Translation

Sanjaya said: In that vast and dreadful battle, once again there arose a great and terrifying intermingling of the two armies—so close and confused that the clash became a single, fearsome mass of combat, where order and restraint were strained by the fury of war.

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• महति: great
• महति: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• संग्रामे: in the battle
• संग्रामे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्राम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तादृशे: of such a kind
• तादृशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तादृश
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• भैरवे: terrible, dreadful
• भैरवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भैरव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पुनः: again, then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• महान्: great
• महान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• व्यतिकरः: intermingling, confusion, clash
• व्यतिकरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यतिकर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• घोरः: terrible, dreadful
• घोरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सेनयोः: of the two armies
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेना
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Dual

• समपद्यत: arose, came about, occurred
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पद्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• the two armies (Pāṇḍava and Kaurava forces)