Shloka 4

Devanagari script

अर्जुनस्तु महाराज शिखण्डिनमभाषत । अभिवद्रवस्व त्वरितं जहि चैनं पितामहम्‌,महाराज! उस समय अर्जुनने शिखण्डीसे कहा--“वीर! तुम झटपट आगे बढ़ो और इन पितामह भीष्मका वध कर डालो

Transliteration

arjunas tu mahārāja śikhaṇḍinam abhāṣata | abhidadravasva tvaritaṃ jahi cainaṃ pitāmaham ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: O King, Arjuna addressed Śikhaṇḍī: ‘Advance swiftly and rush forward; strike down this grandsire Bhīṣma.’

Word by Word

• अर्जुनः: Arjuna
• अर्जुनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

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

• शिखण्डिनम्: Shikhandin (Shikhandi)
• शिखण्डिनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिखण्डिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभाषत: spoke/said
• Type: Verb
• Root: भाष्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अभिवद्रवस्व: run forward/advance quickly
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्रु
• Form: Imperative (Lot), 2nd, Singular, Atmanepada

• त्वरितम्: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्वरित

• जहि: kill/slay
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Imperative (Lot), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एनम्: him/this one
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पितामहम्: the grandsire (Bhishma)
• पितामहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Arjuna
• Śikhaṇḍin
• Bhīṣma (Pitāmaha)