Shloka 36

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

Devanagari script

मण्डली भूतमेवास्य नित्यं धनुरदृश्यत । संग्रामे युद्धायमानस्य शक्रचापोपमं महत्‌

Transliteration

maṇḍalī bhūtam evāsya nityaṃ dhanur adṛśyata | saṅgrāme yuddhāyamānasya śakracāpōpamaṃ mahat ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: In battle, as he fought without pause, his bow was continually seen moving in a circular sweep—vast and radiant like Indra’s rainbow.

Word by Word

• मण्डली: a circle/round (form)
• मण्डली: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मण्डली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• भूतम्: become, having become
• भूतम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भू (धातु) → भूत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• अस्य: of him
• अस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• नित्यम्: always, constantly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• धनुः: bow
• धनुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अदृश्यत: was seen/appeared
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada

• संग्रामे: in battle
• संग्रामे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• युद्धायमानस्य: of (him) fighting
• युद्धायमानस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युध् (धातु) → युद्धायमान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• शक्रचापोपमम्: like Indra's bow (rainbow-like)
• शक्रचापोपमम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्रचाप-उपम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• महत्: great, huge
• महत्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Indra (Śakra)
• Indra’s bow / rainbow (Śakracāpa)
• bow (dhanuḥ)