Shloka 12

भीष्मस्य शरशय्या-प्राप्तिः

Bhīṣma’s Fall to the Arrow-Bed

Devanagari script

तामापतन्तीं सहसा तस्य बाहुबलेरिताम्‌

Transliteration

tām āpatantīṁ sahasā tasya bāhubaleritām

Translation

Sañjaya said: “That (weapon/force), suddenly rushing down, had been hurled by the sheer strength of his arms.”

Word by Word

• ताम्: her / that (woman)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• आपतन्तीम्: falling upon / rushing at
• आपतन्तीम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: आपत् (धातु: पत्/आपत्)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)

• सहसा: suddenly
• सहसा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा

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

• बाहुबल-ईरिताम्: impelled/driven by (his) arm-strength
• बाहुबल-ईरिताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बाहुबल + ईरित (√ईर्/ईरय्)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• an unspecified feminine-referred object/weapon (tām)