Shloka 17

भीष्मधनंजयद्वैरथम्

Bhīṣma–Dhanaṃjaya Duel and the Opening Clash

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा तत: शौरी रथं तं लोकविश्रुतम्‌ प्रापपामास भीष्मस्य रथं प्रति जनेश्वर,जनेश्वर! ऐसा कहकर श्रीकृष्णने उस विश्वविख्यात रथको भीष्मजीके रथके निकट पहुँचा दिया

Transliteration

evam uktvā tataḥ śaurī rathaṃ taṃ lokaviśrutam prāpāpāmāsa bhīṣmasya rathaṃ prati, janeśvara

Translation

Sañjaya sagte: Nachdem Śaurī (Kṛṣṇa) so gesprochen hatte, lenkte er jenen weltberühmten Wagen voran und brachte ihn nahe an Bhīṣmas Wagen heran, o Herr der Menschen.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उक्त्वा: having said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), parasmaipada (usage)

• ततः: then/thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• शौरीः: Śauri (Krishna)
• शौरीः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शौरी
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• रथम्: chariot
• रथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• तम्: that
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• लोकविश्रुतम्: world-renowned
• लोकविश्रुतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोकविश्रुत
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• प्रापयामास: caused to reach / brought near
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (causative: प्रापयति)
• Form: perfect (periphrastic), third, singular, parasmaipada

• भीष्मस्य: of Bhīṣma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• रथम्: chariot
• रथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• प्रति: towards/near
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

• जन-ईश्वर: O lord of men (king)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनेश्वर
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Śaurī (Kṛṣṇa)
• Bhīṣma
• chariot (ratha)
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'janeśvara')