Shloka 63

Devanagari script

तं शिखण्डी रणे यान्तमभ्यद्रवत दंशित:

Transliteration

taṃ śikhaṇḍī raṇe yāntam abhyadravat daṃśitaḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: As he advanced on the battlefield, the armored warrior Śikhaṇḍī charged straight at him—an action that underscores the relentless momentum of war and the deliberate targeting of a vulnerable point in Bhīṣma’s moral and martial predicament.

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शिखण्डी: Shikhandi
• शिखण्डी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिखण्डिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• यान्तम्: going, advancing
• यान्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभ्यद्रवत्: ran towards, rushed at
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्रु
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• दंशितः: armed, accoutred (in armor)
• दंशितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दंशित
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Śikhaṇḍī
• battlefield (raṇa)