Shloka 12

अश्वमेधीयस्य हयस्य दक्षिणापश्चिमगमनम् — The Sacrificial Horse’s Southern and Western Circuit

Devanagari script

तस्य पार्थ: शिरस्त्राणमर्धचन्द्रेण पत्रिणा । अपाहरदमेयात्मा जयद्रथशिरो यथा,तब अमेय आत्मबलसे सम्पन्न अर्जुनने जिस प्रकार जयद्रथका सिर उड़ाया था, उसी प्रकार शकुनि-पुत्रके शिरस्त्राणः (टोप)-को एक अर्धचन्द्राकार बाणसे काट गिराया

Transliteration

tasya pārthaḥ śirastrāṇam ardhacandreṇa patriṇā | apāharad ameyātmā jayadrathaśiro yathā ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Then Pārtha (Arjuna), whose spirit and prowess were beyond measure, struck off his opponent’s helmet with a feathered, crescent-shaped arrow—just as he had once severed Jayadratha’s head.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/that (person)
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• पार्थः: Partha (Arjuna)
• पार्थः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शिरस्त्राणम्: helmet, head-guard
• शिरस्त्राणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस्त्राण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अर्धचन्द्रेण: with a half-moon (shaped arrow)
• अर्धचन्द्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्धचन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• पत्रिणा: feathered (arrow)
• पत्रिणा: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पत्रिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अपाहरत्: took away, struck off, removed
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप-हृ
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अमेयात्मा: he whose self/might is immeasurable
• अमेयात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमेयात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जयद्रथशिरः: the head of Jayadratha
• जयद्रथशिरः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जयद्रथ-शिरस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Jayadratha
• śirastrāṇa (helmet)
• ardhacandra (crescent-shaped arrow)