Shloka 38

भीष्मवधोपाय-प्रश्नः (Inquiry into the means to overcome Bhīṣma) | Chapter 103

Devanagari script

वीर्यवद्धिस्ततस्तैस्तु पीडितो राक्षसोत्तम: । यथा युगक्षये घोरे चन्द्रमा: पञ्चभिरग्रहै:

Transliteration

vīryavaddhis tatais tu pīḍito rākṣasottamaḥ | yathā yugakṣaye ghore candramāḥ pañcabhir agrahaiḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: So, von jenen kraftvollen Kriegern bedrängt und hart gepresst, wurde der Vortrefflichste der Rākṣasas überwältigt—wie der Mond am schrecklichen Ende eines Zeitalters, wenn ihn fünf Grahas packen und quälen.

Word by Word

• वीर्यवत्: possessing valor/energy
• वीर्यवत्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर्यवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• ततस्तैः: by those
• ततस्तैः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तत्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• तु: but/and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• पीडितः: pressed/afflicted
• Type: Verb
• Root: पीड्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Passive (participial)

• राक्षस-उत्तमः: the best of the Rakshasas
• राक्षस-उत्तमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस + उत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यथा: as/just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• युग-क्षये: at the end of an age (yuga)
• युग-क्षये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग + क्षय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• घोरे: terrible/dreadful
• घोरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• चन्द्रमाः: the moon
• चन्द्रमाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्रमस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पञ्चभिः: by five
• पञ्चभिः: Karana
• Type: Numeral
• Root: पञ्चन्
• Form: Instrumental, Plural, All (numeral)

• ग्रहैः: by planets/seizers
• ग्रहैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रह
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• rākṣasottama (a foremost Rākṣasa)
• candramā (the Moon)
• graha (the five grahas)