Shloka 6

Adhyāya 107 — बहुयुद्धप्रकरणम्

Multiple Defensive Engagements to Protect Bhīṣma

Devanagari script

अपरे तु तदा55दाय वाजिनागरथान्‌ रणे । त्वरया परया युक्ताः प्राद्रवन्त विशाम्पते

Transliteration

apare tu tadā dāya vājinā gārathān raṇe | tvarayā parayā yuktāḥ prādravanta viśāmpate ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then others, having taken up their horses and chariots on the battlefield, and driven by utmost haste, rushed forward, O lord of the people.

Word by Word

• अपरे: others
• अपरे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• आदाय: having taken/seized
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + दा
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• वाजिनः: horses
• वाजिनः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाजिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• नागरथान्: elephant-chariots / great chariots (nāga-rathas)
• नागरथान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नागरथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• त्वरया: with speed/haste
• त्वरया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वरा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• परया: great/utmost
• परया: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• युक्ताः: yoked/engaged/arrayed
• युक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्राद्रवन्त: ran forth/charged
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + द्रु
• Form: लङ् (imperfect), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• विशाम्पते: O lord of the people
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशाम्पति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• horses (vājin)
• chariots (ratha)
• battlefield (raṇa)