Shloka 50

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

Devanagari script

संजय उवाच एवमुक्‍क्त्वा ततो भीष्म॑ पञठ्चभिनर्नतपर्वभि: । अविध्यत रणे भीष्म प्रणुन्नं वाक्यसायकै:,संजय कहते हैं--राजन! ऐसा कहकर शिखण्डीने जिन्हें पहले वचनरूपी बाणोंसे पीड़ित किया था, उन्हीं भीष्मको झुकी हुई गाँठवाले पाँच सायकोंद्वारा घायल कर दिया

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca evam uktvā tato bhīṣmaṃ pañcabhir nataparvabhiḥ | avidhyat raṇe bhīṣmaṃ praṇunnaṃ vākyasāyakaiḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O King, having spoken thus, Śikhaṇḍin then struck Bhīṣma in the battle with five arrows whose joints were bent. That very Bhīṣma—already driven and pained by the ‘arrow-like’ force of words—was now wounded by actual shafts in the fight.”

Word by Word

संजयःSanjaya

उवाचsaid

एवम्thus

उक्त्वाhaving said

ततःthen/thereupon

भीष्मम्Bhishma

पञ्चभिःwith five

नतपर्वभिःhaving bent joints/knots (i.e., with downward-bent nodes)

अविध्यत्pierced/wounded

रणेin battle

भीष्मम्Bhishma

प्रणुन्नम्driven/impelled; struck/pressed

वाक्यसायकैःby word-arrows (arrows in the form of words)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Bhīṣma

Śikhaṇḍin

arrows (sāyaka)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes