Shloka 37

Adhyāya 107 — बहुयुद्धप्रकरणम्

Multiple Defensive Engagements to Protect Bhīṣma

Devanagari script

ततः सरथनागाश्चा: पाण्डवा: पाण्डुपूर्वज । परिवत्रू रणे भीष्मं माधवत्राणकारणात्‌,पाण्डुके बड़े भाई महाराज धृतराष्ट्र! उस समय मधुवंशी सात्यकिको बचानेके लिये पाण्डवोंने रथ, घोड़े और हाथियोंकी सेनाके साथ आकर युद्धभूमिमें भीष्मको चारों ओरसे घेर लिया

Transliteration

tataḥ sa-ratha-nāgāś ca pāṇḍavāḥ pāṇḍu-pūrvaja | parivavru raṇe bhīṣmaṃ mādhava-trāṇa-kāraṇāt ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then the Pāṇḍavas—supported by chariots, horses, and war-elephants—closed in around Bhīṣma on the battlefield, O elder brother of Pāṇḍu, for the sake of protecting Mādhava’s ally (Sātyaki).

Word by Word

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

• स-रथ-नागाः: those with chariots and elephants (i.e., chariots and elephants)
• स-रथ-नागाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ/नाग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पाण्डवाः: the Pandavas
• पाण्डवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पाण्डु-पूर्वज: O elder brother of Pandu (i.e., Dhritarashtra)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्वज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• परिवव्रुः: surrounded, encompassed
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि√वृ (वृणोति/वृ)
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• भीष्मम्: Bhishma
• भीष्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• माधव-त्राण-कारणात्: because of (as) the cause of Madhava's protection (i.e., to protect Madhava/Satyaki)
• माधव-त्राण-कारणात्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Pāṇḍavas
• Pāṇḍu
• Bhīṣma
• Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa)
• Sātyaki
• chariots
• horses
• war-elephants
• battlefield