Shloka 24

भीष्मस्य शरशय्या-प्राप्तिः

Bhīṣma’s Fall to the Arrow-Bed

Devanagari script

विराटो दशभिर्भल्लैराजघान परंतप । यतमान महेष्वासं द्रौणिमाहवशोभिनम्‌

Transliteration

virāṭo daśabhir bhallair ājaghāna parantapa | yatamāna maheṣvāsaṃ drauṇim āhavaśobhinam ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Virāṭa, scorcher of foes, struck Droṇa’s son (Aśvatthāman)—that great archer who was striving hard and making the battlefield resplendent—with ten sharp bhalla-arrows.

Word by Word

• विराटः: Virata
• विराटः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विराट
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दशभिः: with ten
• दशभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशन्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• भल्लैः: arrows (bhallas)
• भल्लैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भल्ल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• आजघान: struck/slew
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular

• परंतप: O scorcher of foes
• Type: Noun
• Root: परंतप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• यतमानम्: striving/endeavoring
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यतमान
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महेष्वासम्: great bowman
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेष्वास
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• द्रौणिम्: Drauni (Ashvatthaman)
• द्रौणिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौणि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आहवशोभिनम्: splendid in battle
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आहवशोभिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Virāṭa
• Drauṇi (Aśvatthāman, son of Droṇa)
• bhalla (arrows)