Shloka 59

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

Devanagari script

सौमदत्तिं तथा शूरमार्ष्यशुद्धिं च राक्षसम्‌ त्रिगर्तराजं च रणे सह सर्वैर्महारथै:

Transliteration

saumadattiṁ tathā śūram ārṣyaśuddhiṁ ca rākṣasam trigartarājaṁ ca raṇe saha sarvair mahārathaiḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: “And (there was) Saumadatti, that valiant warrior; and the Rākṣasa Ārṣyaśuddhi; and the king of the Trigartas—each present in the battle together with all their great chariot-fighters.”

Word by Word

• सौमदत्तिम्: Somadatta’s son (Bhūriśravas)
• सौमदत्तिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौमदत्ति
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तथा: also/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• शूरम्: the brave one
• शूरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शूर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आर्ष्यशुद्धिम्: one of pure ṛṣi-lineage (of rishi-like purity)
• आर्ष्यशुद्धिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आर्ष्यशुद्धि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• राक्षसम्: the rākṣasa/demon
• राक्षसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• त्रिगर्तराजम्: the king of the Trigartas
• त्रिगर्तराजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिगर्तराज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• सर्वैः: with all
• सर्वैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• महारथैः: with great chariot-warriors
• महारथैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Saumadatti (Bhūriśravas)
• Ārṣyaśuddhi (Rākṣasa)
• Trigartarāja (King of the Trigartas)
• Mahārathas