Shloka 2

Adhyāya 107 — बहुयुद्धप्रकरणम्

Multiple Defensive Engagements to Protect Bhīṣma

Devanagari script

सुशर्मापि ततो बाणै: पार्थ विव्याध संयुगे । वासुदेवं च सप्तत्या पार्थ च नवभि: पुन:

Transliteration

suśarmāpi tato bāṇaiḥ pārtha vivyādha saṃyuge | vāsudevaṃ ca saptatyā pārtha ca navabhiḥ punaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then Suśarmā too, in the thick of battle, struck Pārtha (Arjuna) with his arrows. He also pierced Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa) with seventy shafts, and once again struck Pārtha with nine.

Word by Word

• {'suśarmā': 'Suśarmā, king of the Trigartas (a Kaurava ally)', 'api': 'also, even', 'tataḥ': 'then, thereafter', 'bāṇaiḥ': 'with arrows', 'pārtha': 'O Pārtha

• Arjuna (son of Pṛthā/Kuntī)', 'vivyādha': 'pierced, wounded (with weapons)', 'saṃyuge': 'in battle, in combat', 'vāsudevam': 'Vāsudeva

• Kṛṣṇa', 'ca': 'and', 'saptatyā': 'with seventy (arrows)', 'navabhiḥ': 'with nine (arrows)', 'punaḥ': 'again, once more'}

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Suśarmā
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)