Shloka 7

भीष्मरथाभिमुख्यं — Arjuna’s advance with Śikhaṇḍin; Duḥśāsana’s interception

Devanagari script

शिखण्डी तं च विव्याध भरतानां पितामहम्‌ । स्त्रीमयं मनसा ध्यात्वा नास्मै प्राहरदच्युत:,शिखण्डीने भरतवंशियोंके पितामह भीष्मको बींध डाला; परंतु मन-ही-मन उसे स्त्रीरूप मानकर अपनी मर्यादासे च्युत न होनेवाले भीष्मने उसपर प्रहार नहीं किया

Transliteration

śikhaṇḍī taṃ ca vivyādha bharatānāṃ pitāmaham | strīmayaṃ manasā dhyātvā nāsmai prāharad acyutaḥ ||

Translation

শিখণ্ডীয়ে ভৰতবংশৰ পিতামহ ভীষ্মক বিদ্ধ কৰিলে; কিন্তু মনতে তাক স্ত্ৰীৰূপ বুলি ধৰি, ব্ৰতত অচল ভীষ্মে তাৰ ওপৰত প্ৰহাৰ নকৰিলে।

Word by Word

• शिखण्डी: Shikhandi
• शिखण्डी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिखण्डिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• विव्याध: pierced
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भरतानाम्: of the Bharatas
• भरतानाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• पितामहम्: the grandsire
• पितामहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• स्त्रीमयम्: as (being) female-formed / as a woman
• स्त्रीमयम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्त्रीमय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मनसा: with the mind
• मनसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• ध्यात्वा: having considered/meditated (upon)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्यै
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अस्मै: to him
• अस्मै: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• प्राहरत्: struck/attacked
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + हृ
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अच्युतः: Acyuta (Krishna)
• अच्युतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अच्युत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Śikhaṇḍī
• Bhīṣma
• Bharatas (Kuru lineage)