Shloka 186

शल्यस्य पाण्डवसेनापीडनम् — Śalya’s Assault on the Pāṇḍava Host

with Omens and Bhīma’s Counter

Devanagari script

आरुरोह महाबाहु: सर्वसैन्यस्य पश्यत: । विचित्र रीतिसे युद्ध करनेवाले महाबाहु नकुल परिश्रमको जीत चुके थे। वे सारी सेनाके देखते-देखते चित्रसेनके रथके समीप जा उसपर चढ़ गये

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

āruroha mahābāhuḥ sarvasainyasya paśyataḥ |

Translation

三阇耶说道：在全军注视之下，那位臂力雄伟的勇士纵身登上前去。那俱罗以奇巧多变之战法克服了疲惫；当众军皆目睹之时，他逼近质多罗塞那的战车，并攀上其车。

Word by Word

• आरुरोह: mounted, climbed up
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-रुह्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, singular, Parasmaipada

• महाबाहुः: the mighty-armed (one)
• महाबाहुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाबाहु
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• सर्वसैन्यस्य: of the entire army
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वसैन्य
• Form: neuter, genitive, singular

• पश्यतः: while (it/they) were watching; in the presence of (the watchers)
• पश्यतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्यत्
• Form: present active participle (śatṛ), neuter, genitive, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• mahābāhu (epithet: the mighty-armed warrior)
• sarvasainya (the entire army)