Shloka 19

Bhīṣma’s Appraisal of Kaurava Champions (भीष्मकृतः रथिनां गुणनिरूपणम्)

Devanagari script

भवानग्रे रथोदार: सह सर्व: सहोदरै: । दुःशासनप्रभृतिभिभर्श्नातृभि: शतसम्मितै:,सबसे पहले अपने दुःशासन आदि सौ सहोदर भाइयोंके साथ तुम्हीं बहुत बड़े उदार रथी हो

Transliteration

bhavān agre rathodāraḥ saha sarvaḥ saha-udaraiḥ | duḥśāsana-prabhṛtibhir bhrātṛbhiḥ śata-sammitaiḥ ||

Translation

قال بيشما: «وأولهم وأبرزهم أنتَ نفسك، فارسُ عربةٍ نبيلٌ جليل، مع جميع إخوتك—إخوتك من أمٍّ واحدة—وهم مئة، يتقدمهم دُهشاسَنَة.»

Word by Word

• भवान्: you
• भवान्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अग्रे: in front; at the head
• अग्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्र

• रथ-उदारः: having a splendid chariot; great charioteer
• रथ-उदारः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रथोदार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सह: together with
• सह: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• सर्वैः: with all
• सर्वैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सह: together with
• सह: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• उदरैः: with (those) of the same womb; brothers
• उदरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• दुःशासन-प्रभृतिभिः: with those beginning with Duhshasana
• दुःशासन-प्रभृतिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःशासनप्रभृति
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• भ्रातृभिः: with brothers
• भ्रातृभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• शत-सम्मितैः: equal to a hundred; numbering a hundred
• शत-सम्मितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शतसम्मित
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Duḥśāsana
• the hundred Kaurava brothers (sahodaras)