Shloka 2

भीष्मस्य शरशय्या-प्राप्तिः

Bhīṣma’s Fall to the Arrow-Bed

Devanagari script

माधवस्तु सुसंक्रुद्धो राक्षसं नवभि: शरै: । आजयपघान रणे राजन्‌ प्रहसन्निव भारत,राजन! भरतनन्दन! यह देख सात्यकिने अत्यन्त कुपित हो उस रणक्षेत्रमें राक्षस अलम्बुषको हँसते हुए-से नौ बाण मारे

Transliteration

mādhavas tu susaṃkruddho rākṣasaṃ navabhiḥ śaraiḥ | ājaghāna raṇe rājan prahasann iva bhārata ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Madhava, inflamed with fierce anger, struck the rākṣasa Alambuṣa in the midst of battle with nine arrows, O King—almost as if smiling, O scion of Bharata.

Word by Word

• माधवः: Mādhava (Sātyaki)
• माधवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: माधव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• सुसंक्रुद्धः: very enraged
• सुसंक्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुसंक्रुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• नवभिः: with nine
• नवभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नव
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• आजघान: struck/smote
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

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

• प्रहसन्: laughing
• प्रहसन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-हस्
• Form: Present active participle (Parasmaipada), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: as if/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• भारत: O Bhārata (descendant of Bharata)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa)
• Alambuṣa
• rākṣasa
• arrows
• battlefield (raṇa)