Shloka 2

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

Devanagari script

गाड़ेयो रथिनां श्रेष्ठ; पाण्डवानामनीकिनीम्‌ । व्यधमन्निशितैर्बाणै: शतशो5थ सहस्रश:,रथियोंमें श्रेष्ठ गंगानन्दन भीष्मने सैकड़ों और हजारों तीखे बाणोंकी वर्षा करके पाण्डवोंकी विशाल सेनाको नष्ट करना आरम्भ किया

Transliteration

gāṅgeyo rathināṁ śreṣṭhaḥ pāṇḍavānām anīkinīm | vyadhamann iśitaiḥ bāṇaiḥ śataśo ’tha sahasraśaḥ ||

Translation

Sanjaya sprach: Bhishma, der Sohn der Ganga und der Vortrefflichste unter den Wagenkämpfern, begann das große Heer der Pândavas zu zerschmettern, indem er es mit scharfen Pfeilen zu Hunderten und zu Tausenden überschüttete.

Word by Word

• गाङ्गेयः: Gāṅgeya (Bhīṣma, son of Gaṅgā)
• गाङ्गेयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गाङ्गेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रथिनाम्: of chariot-warriors
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• श्रेष्ठः: best, foremost
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पाण्डवानाम्: of the Pāṇḍavas
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अनीकिनीम्: army, host
• अनीकिनीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनीकिनी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• व्यधमत्: he struck/assailed, smote
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्मा
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• निशितैः: with sharp
• निशितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निशित
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• बाणैः: with arrows
• बाणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• शतशः: by hundreds
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शतशस्

• अथ: then, and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• सहस्रशः: by thousands
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस्

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīṣma (Gāṅgeya)
• Gaṅgā
• Pāṇḍavas
• anīkinī (army/host)
• bāṇa (arrows)
• ratha/rathin (chariot-warrior)