Shloka 7

भीष्मस्य अप्रतिमपराक्रमः — शिखण्डिपुरस्कृतः प्रहारः

Bhīṣma’s unmatched momentum and the assault with Śikhaṇḍin in the lead

Devanagari script

प्रत्युद्ययुस्तावका श्व समेतांस्तान्‌ महारथान्‌

Transliteration

pratyudyayus tāvakāḥ śva sametāṁs tān mahārathān

Translation

তেতিয়া তোমাৰ পক্ষৰ সৈন্যসকল দ্ৰুত একত্ৰিত হৈ, সেই মহাৰথীসকলক মুখামুখি হ’বলৈ আগবাঢ়িল।

Word by Word

• प्रत्युद्ययुः: went forth against / advanced to meet
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-उद्-या (धातु: या)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), 3, plural

• तावकाः: your men; the Kauravas' (troops)
• तावकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तावक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• श्वः: tomorrow
• श्वः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्वस्/श्वः (अव्यय)

• समेतान्: assembled; gathered together
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-इ (धातु: इ) → समेत (कृदन्त)
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• महारथान्: great chariot-warriors
• महारथान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kauravas (tāvakāḥ)
• mahārathas (great chariot-warriors)