Shloka 6

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Anxiety and Bhīṣma’s Theological Explanation of Pāṇḍava Invincibility

Book 6, Chapter 61

Devanagari script

उदतिष्ठद्‌ रजो भौम॑ छादयानं दिवाकरम्‌ | न दिश: प्रदिशो वापि तत्र हन्यु: कथं नरा:

Transliteration

udatiṣṭhad rajo bhaumaṁ chādayānaṁ divākaram | na diśaḥ pradiśo vāpi tatra hanyuḥ kathaṁ narāḥ ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：大地扬起的尘土翻涌而上，遮蔽了太阳。四方与四隅皆不可辨；在这般境况下，战士们又怎能分明地向谁挥击呢？

Word by Word

• उदतिष्ठत्: arose, rose up
• उदतिष्ठत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-स्था (तिष्ठ)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• रजः: dust
• रजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भौमम्: earthy, from the ground
• भौमम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भौम
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• छादयत्: covering, veiling
• छादयत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: छाद्
• Form: Śatṛ (present active participle), Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• दिवाकरम्: the sun
• दिवाकरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवाकर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• दिशः: directions
• दिशः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रदिशः: intermediate directions
• प्रदिशः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदिश्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• अपि: even, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• हन्युः: could strike/kill
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Optative (Liṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• कथम्: how
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• नराः: men, warriors
• नराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Divākara (the Sun)