Shloka 44

भीष्मस्य अप्रतिमपराक्रमः — शिखण्डिपुरस्कृतः प्रहारः

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

Devanagari script

न्यमज्जंस्ते महाराज तस्य काये महात्मन:

Transliteration

nyamajjan te mahārāja tasya kāye mahātmanaḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O King, they sank into the body of that great-souled warrior.”

Word by Word

• न्यमज्जन्: they sank / they plunged
• Type: Verb
• Root: मज्ज्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

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

• काये: in (his) body
• काये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled (one)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by address mahārāja)
• mahātmā (unnamed great warrior, implied)