Shloka 28

भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय ९६: सौभद्रस्य आक्रमणम्, अलम्बुसस्य प्रतिविधानम्

Abhimanyu’s assault; Alambusa’s counter-engagement

Devanagari script

नराणां चैव कायेभ्य: शिरसां पततां रणे | शुश्रुवे सुमहाउ्छब्द: पततामश्मनामिव,मनुष्योंके शरीरोंसे रणभूमिमें कटकर गिरते हुए मस्तकोंका महान्‌ शब्द पत्थरोंकी वर्षके समान जान पड़ता था

Transliteration

narāṇāṃ caiva kāyebhyaḥ śirasāṃ patatāṃ raṇe | śuśruve sumahāñ chabdaḥ patatām aśmanām iva ||

Translation

ৰণভূমিত মানুহৰ দেহৰ পৰা বিচ্ছিন্ন হৈ পৰি থকা মূৰবোৰে এক মহাশব্দ তুলিলে—যেন পাথৰৰ বৰষুণ খহি পৰাৰ গর্জন।

Word by Word

• नराणाम्: of men
• नराणाम्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

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

• कायेभ्यः: from the bodies
• कायेभ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काय
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Plural

• शिरसाम्: of heads
• शिरसाम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• पतताम्: of (those) falling
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत्
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• शुश्रुवे: was heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada

• सुमहान्: very great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमहत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शब्दः: sound/noise
• शब्दः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शब्द
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पतताम्: of (those) falling
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत्
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• अश्मनाम्: of stones/rocks
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• इव: like/as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• battlefield (raṇa)
• heads (śiras)
• bodies (kāya)
• stones (aśman)