Shloka 28

भीष्मस्य अप्रतिमपराक्रमः — शिखण्डिपुरस्कृतः प्रहारः

Bhīṣma’s unmatched momentum and the assault with Śikhaṇḍin in the lead

Devanagari script

यथा वारयते वेला क्षुब्धतोयं महार्णवम्‌

Transliteration

yathā vārayate velā kṣubdha-toyaṁ mahārṇavam

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Just as the shoreline holds back the great ocean when its waters are violently churned.”

Word by Word

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• वारयते: restrains, holds back
• Type: Verb
• Root: वारय् (√वृ, caus.)
• Form: Lat (present indicative), 3, singular, Parasmaipada

• वेला: shore, coast, boundary (of the sea)
• वेला: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेला
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• क्षुब्ध-तोयम्: the agitated water
• क्षुब्ध-तोयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षुब्ध (√क्षुभ्) + तोय
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• महा-अर्णवम्: the great ocean
• महा-अर्णवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महत् + अर्णव
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• वेला (shoreline/coast)
• महार्णव (great ocean)