Shloka 11

Bhīṣma-parva Adhyāya 16 — Saṃjaya’s Boon, Bhīṣma’s Protection, and the Dawn Arraying of Armies

Devanagari script

ध्वजा बहुविधाकारा व्यदृश्यन्त समुच्छिता: । स्वेषां चैव परेषां च द्युतिमन्त: सहस्रश:,अपने और शत्रुओंके अनेक प्रकारके ऊँचे-ऊँचे चमकीले ध्वज हजारोंकी संख्यामें दृष्टिगोचर हो रहे थे

Transliteration

dhvajā bahuvidhākārā vyadṛśyanta samucchitāḥ | sveṣāṃ caiva pareṣāṃ ca dyutimantaḥ sahasraśaḥ ||

Translation

قال سنجيا: بدت راياتٌ شامخةٌ شتّى الأشكال والهيئات مرفوعةً للعيان—لنا وللعدوّ معًا—تتألّق بآلافها. وكان المشهدُ نذيرَ سعةِ المعركة الوشيكة، واستعراضِ القوة والهوية قبل أن تغدو الحربُ امتحانًا أخلاقيًا.

Word by Word

• ध्वजाः: flags, banners
• ध्वजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्वज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• बहुविधाकाराः: of many kinds of forms
• बहुविधाकाराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहुविधाकार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• व्यदृश्यन्त: were seen, appeared
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Ātmanepada

• समुच्छिताः: raised up, lofty
• समुच्छिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-उद्-छि (समुच्छित)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, kta (past passive participle)

• स्वेषाम्: of their own (side)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: स्व
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

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

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• परेषाम्: of the others, of the enemies
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

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

• द्युतिमन्तः: shining, radiant
• द्युतिमन्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्युतिमत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सहस्रशः: by thousands, in thousands
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस्

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• dhvaja (banners/standards)
• Kaurava army (implied by 'ours')
• Pāṇḍava army (implied by 'the enemy')