Shloka 20

भीष्मस्य जलप्रार्थना — अर्जुनस्य पर्जन्यास्त्रप्रयोगः — दुर्योधनं प्रति सन्ध्युपदेशः

Bhīṣma’s request for water; Arjuna’s Parjanya-astra; counsel to Duryodhana on reconciliation

Devanagari script

तदा न ममृषे शल्यो भीमसेनस्य विक्रमम्‌,उस समय राजा शल्य भीमसेनके उस पराक्रमको न सह सके। उन्होंने लोहारके माँजे हुए पैने बाणोंका संधान करके समरभूमिमें भीमसेनको बींध डाला और कहा--'खड़ा रह, खड़ा रह”

Transliteration

tadā na mamṛṣe śalyo bhīmasenasya vikramam | lohakāra-mañjita-tīkṣṇa-bāṇān sandhāya samara-bhūmau bhīmasenaṃ vivyādha, uvāca ca—“tiṣṭha tiṣṭha” ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then King Śalya could no longer endure Bhīmasena’s surging prowess. Fixing his aim with razor-sharp arrows honed like a smith’s work, he pierced Bhīma on the battlefield and cried out, “Stand! Stand!”

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• ममृषे: endured / bore
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृष्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Ātmanepada, 3, singular

• शल्यः: Śalya
• शल्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शल्य
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• भीमसेनस्य: of Bhīmasena
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• विक्रमम्: valor / prowess
• विक्रमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विक्रम
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Śalya
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• bāṇa (arrows)
• samara-bhūmi (battlefield)
• lohakāra (smith)