Shloka 51

Vāsudeva-Māhātmya: Duryodhana’s Inquiry and Bhīṣma’s Theological Account of Keśava

Devanagari script

ततो भीष्म: कुरुश्रेष्ठ सिंहवद्‌ विनदन्‌ मुहुः । धनंजयरथं शीघ्र॑ शरवर्षरवाकिरत्‌,कुरुश्रेष्ठ! तदनन्तर भीष्म सिंहके समान बारंबार गर्जना करते हुए अर्जुनके रथपर शीघ्रतापूर्वक बाणोंकी वर्षा करने लगे

Transliteration

tato bhīṣmaḥ kuruśreṣṭha siṁhavad vinadan muhuḥ | dhanañjayarathaṁ śīghraṁ śaravarṣaravākirat ||

Translation

قال سنجيا: يا خيرَ الكورو! ثم إن بهيشما، وهو يزأر مرارًا كالأسد، أسرع فغطّى مركبة دهننجايا (أرجونا) بوابلٍ مدوٍّ من السهام كالمطر.

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: indeclinable (ablatival adverb: 'from that/then')

• भीष्मः: Bhishma
• भीष्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• कुरुश्रेष्ठ: O best of the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु-श्रेष्ठ
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• सिंहवत्: like a lion
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सिंहवत्
• Form: indeclinable (vat-pratyaya adverbial: 'like a lion')

• विनदन्: roaring/sounding
• विनदन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-नद्
• Form: present active participle, nominative masculine singular

• मुहुः: again and again/repeatedly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः
• Form: indeclinable

• धनंजय-रथम्: the chariot of Dhananjaya (Arjuna)
• धनंजय-रथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनंजय-रथ
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• शीघ्रम्: swiftly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र
• Form: indeclinable (adverbial accusative)

• शर-वर्ष-रव-आकिरत्: showered/covered (with)
• शर-वर्ष-रव-आकिरत्: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-किॄ
• Form: imperfect (laṅ), parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular

• शर-वर्ष-रव: with the roar/sound of a rain of arrows
• शर-वर्ष-रव: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर-वर्ष-रव
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular (understood with आकिरत्)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīṣma
• Kuru (Kuru lineage/people)
• Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
• ratha (chariot)
• śara (arrows)