Shloka 3

भीष्मस्य शरशय्या-प्राप्तिः

Bhīṣma’s Fall to the Arrow-Bed

Devanagari script

तथैव राक्षसो राजन्‌ माधवं नवभि: शरै: | अर्दयामास राजेन्द्र संक्रुद्ध: शिनिपुड्रवम्‌,राजेन्द्र! तब उस राक्षसने भी अत्यन्त कुपित होकर मधुवंशी सात्यकिको नौ बाणोंसे पीड़ित किया

Transliteration

tathaiva rākṣaso rājan mādhavaṁ navabhiḥ śaraiḥ | ardayāmāsa rājendra saṁkruddhaḥ śinipuṅgavam ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: In the same manner, O King, that rākṣasa—enraged—assailed Sātyaki, the foremost of the Śini line, and pained him with nine arrows, O best of kings.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in the same way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• राक्षसः: the Rakshasa (demon)
• राक्षसः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• माधवम्: Mādhava (Sātyaki / of Madhu’s line)
• माधवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: माधव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

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

• अर्दयामास: tormented, afflicted
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्द्
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic Perfect), 3rd, Singular

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• संक्रुद्धः: enraged, very angry
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संक्रुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शिनिपुङ्गवम्: the foremost of the Śinis (Sātyaki)
• शिनिपुङ्गवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिनिपुङ्गव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Rākṣasa (unnamed warrior)
• Sātyaki (Śinipuṅgava)
• Mādhava (epithet/lineage reference)