Shloka 15

Adhyāya 111 (Book 6): Daśama-dina-saṃgrāma—Bhīṣma’s Counsel to Yudhiṣṭhira and the Śikhaṇḍin-Led Advance

Devanagari script

तथैवान्ये महेष्वासा: सुशर्मप्रमुखा नृपा: । जघनं पालयामासुस्तव सैन्यस्य भारत,भारत! इसी प्रकार सुशर्मा आदि अन्य महाधनुर्धर राजाओंने आपकी सेनाके जघनभागकी रक्षाका कार्य सँभाला

Transliteration

tathaivānye maheṣvāsāḥ suśarmapramukhā nṛpāḥ | jaghanaṁ pālayāmāsus tava sainyasya bhārata ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “In the same way, other great bowmen—kings led by Suśarmā—took up the duty of guarding the rear of your army, O Bhārata.”

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in the same way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• महेष्वासाः: great bowmen
• महेष्वासाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेष्वास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सुशर्मप्रमुखाः: having Suśarman as chief
• सुशर्मप्रमुखाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुशर्म-प्रमुख
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नृपाः: kings
• नृपाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• जघनम्: rear part (hind portion)
• जघनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जघन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पालयामासुः: they protected/guarded
• Type: Verb
• Root: पाल्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural

• तव: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• सैन्यस्य: of the army
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्य
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• भारत: O Bhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Suśarmā
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Bhārata)
• Kaurava army (tava sainya)