Shloka 26

Adhyāya 104 — Śikhaṇḍin-puraskāraḥ (Śikhaṇḍin as Vanguard) and Bhīṣma’s Counter-Advance

Devanagari script

तां चाभिजध्निवान्‌ मायां राक्षसस्य दुरात्मन: । संक्रुद्धश्न महावीर्यों राक्षसेन्द्रं नरोत्तम:

Transliteration

tāṁ cābhijaghnivān māyāṁ rākṣasasya durātmanaḥ | saṁkruddhaś ca mahāvīryo rākṣasendraṁ narottamaḥ ||

Translation

قال سانجيا: إن خير الرجال، عظيم البأس، وقد اشتعل غضبًا بحق، حطّم تلك الخديعة السحرية التي أوجدها ذلك الرّاكشسا الخبيث، ثم واجه سيد الرّاكشسات.

Word by Word

• ताम्: that (her/it)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• अभिजघ्निवान्: having struck / having smitten
• अभिजघ्निवान्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-हन्
• Form: क्तवतु (past active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मायाम्: illusion, magical power
• मायाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• राक्षसस्य: of the demon (rakshasa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• दुरात्मनः: of the evil-souled (one)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुरात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• संक्रुद्धः: enraged, highly angered
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सं-क्रुध्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महावीर्यः: of great prowess
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महावीर्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राक्षसेन्द्रम्: the lord of the rakshasas
• राक्षसेन्द्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षसेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नरोत्तमः: the best of men
• नरोत्तमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरोत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• नरोत्तम (narottamaḥ—foremost man, the hero being described)
• राक्षस (rākṣasa—demon)
• राक्षसेन्द्र (rākṣasendra—lord of the rākṣasas)
• माया (māyā—illusion)