Shloka 8

Devanagari script

यथा हि शैशिर: कालो गवां मर्माणि कृन्तति । तथा पाण्डुसुतानां वै भीष्मो मर्माणि कृन्तति,जैसे शिशिरकाल गौओंके मर्मस्थानोंका उच्छेद करने लगता है, उसी प्रकार भीष्म पाण्डवोंके मर्मस्थानोंको विदीर्ण करने लगे

Transliteration

yathā hi śaiśiraḥ kālo gavāṁ marmāṇi kṛntati | tathā pāṇḍusutānāṁ vai bhīṣmo marmāṇi kṛntati ||

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: «Wie die Winterzeit in die Lebenspunkte des Viehs schneidet, so schneidet Bhīṣma, wahrlich, in die verwundbaren Lebenspunkte der Söhne Pāṇḍus.»

Word by Word

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

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

• शैशिरः: wintry
• शैशिरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शैशिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कालः: season/time
• कालः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गवाम्: of cows
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• मर्माणि: vital parts
• मर्माणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• कृन्तति: cuts/tears
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृत् (कृन्तति)
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तथा: so/in the same way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• पाण्डु-सुतानाम्: of the sons of Pandu (Pandavas)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डुसुत
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• वै: indeed/emphatically
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• भीष्मः: Bhishma
• भीष्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मर्माणि: vital parts
• मर्माणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• कृन्तति: cuts/tears
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृत् (कृन्तति)
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīṣma
• Pāṇḍu
• Pāṇḍavas (sons of Pāṇḍu)
• cattle (go)
• winter season (śaiśira kāla)