Shloka 51

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

Devanagari script

तस्य तद्‌ वचन श्रुत्वा सव्यसाची महारथ: । कालो<यमिति संचिन्त्य शिखण्डिनमचोदयत्‌,उसके उस कथनको सुनकर महारथी सव्यसाची अर्जुनने यह सोचकर कि यही इसके उत्साह बढ़ानेका अवसर है, शिखण्डीसे इस प्रकार कहा--

Transliteration

tasya tad vacanaṁ śrutvā savyasācī mahārathaḥ | kālo ’yam iti sañcintya śikhaṇḍinam acodayat ||

Translation

Hearing those words, Arjuna—the great chariot-warrior famed as Savyasācī—reflected, “This is the moment,” and then urged Śikhaṇḍin forward.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/its
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वचनम्: speech/statement
• वचनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• सव्यसाची: Savyasācin (Arjuna; ambidextrous archer)
• सव्यसाची: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सव्यसाचिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महारथः: great chariot-warrior
• महारथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कालः: time/occasion
• कालः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अयम्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इति: thus/so (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• संचिन्त्य: having reflected/considered
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + चिन्त्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• शिखण्डिनम्: Śikhaṇḍin (name)
• शिखण्डिनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिखण्डिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अचोदयत्: urged/impelled
• Type: Verb
• Root: चुद्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Arjuna (Savyasaci)
• Shikhandin