Shloka 56

Chapter 89: Bhīma dispatched to protect Ghaṭotkaca amid escalating engagements

Devanagari script

मुहूर्तादिव तत्‌ सर्वमभवत्‌ स्वर्गसंनिभम्‌ । न हि युद्धकथां कांचित्‌ तत्राकुर्वन्‌ महारथा:,दो घड़ीतक वहाँका सब कुछ स्वर्गसदृश जान पड़ा। उस समय वहाँ महारथियोंने युद्धकी कोई बातचीत नहीं की

Transliteration

muhūrtādiva tat sarvam abhavat svargasaṁnibham | na hi yuddhakathāṁ kāñcit tatrākurvan mahārathāḥ ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：“不多时，那里的一切都宛如天界。那时，诸位大车战士竟无一人谈及战争。”

Word by Word

• मुहूर्तात्: from/after a moment
• मुहूर्तात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुहूर्त
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• इव: as if, like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वम्: all, the whole
• सर्वम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: became, was
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

• स्वर्ग-संनिभम्: resembling heaven
• स्वर्ग-संनिभम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वर्गसंनिभ
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• हि: indeed, for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• युद्ध-कथाम्: talk/discourse of battle
• युद्ध-कथाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्धकथा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• काञ्चित्: any (at all)
• काञ्चित्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• अकुर्वन्: did, made, carried on
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural

• महा-रथाः: great chariot-warriors
• महा-रथाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• mahārathāḥ (great chariot-warriors)
• svarga (heaven)