Shloka 27

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

Devanagari script

प्रहृष्मनस: शूरा: पाण्डवा: पाण्डुपूर्वज । अभ्यवर्तन्त निध्नन्तस्तव पुत्रस्य वाहिनीम्‌,पाण्डुके बड़े भैया! शूरवीर पाण्डव मनमें हर्ष और उत्साह भरकर आपके पुत्रकी सेनाका संहार करते हुए आगे बढ़े

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | prahṛṣṭamanasaḥ śūrāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ pāṇḍupūrvaja | abhyavartanta nighnantaḥ tava putrasya vāhinīm ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “The heroic Pāṇḍavas, O elder brother of Pāṇḍu, their hearts uplifted with exhilaration, pressed forward, striking down the army of your son.”

Word by Word

• प्रहृष्टमनसः: having delighted minds, joyful-minded
• प्रहृष्टमनसः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रहृष्टमनस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शूराः: heroes, brave men
• शूराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

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

• अभ्यवर्तन्त: advanced, moved forward (towards)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-वृत्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• निघ्नन्तः: striking down, slaying
• निघ्नन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-हन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Śatṛ (present active participle)

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

• पुत्रस्य: of (your) son
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वाहिनीम्: army, host
• वाहिनीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाहिनी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍavas
• Pāṇḍu
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Duryodhana (implied by 'your son')
• Kaurava army (tava putrasya vāhinī)