Shloka 11

Bhīṣma-nipāta-saṃvāda — Sañjaya’s Report of Bhīṣma’s Fall (भीष्मनिपातसंवादः)

Devanagari script

अनर् पुरुषव्याप्रं ढवीमनतमपराजितम्‌ । पातयामास कौन्‍न्तेय: कथं तमजितं युधि

Transliteration

anardhaṁ puruṣavyāghraṁ dhīmantaṁ aparājitam | pātayāmāsa kaunteyaḥ kathaṁ tam ajitaṁ yudhi ||

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “How did the son of Kuntī bring down in battle that tiger among men—wise and undefeated—one who seemed unconquerable?”

Word by Word

• अनरान्: the Anaras (a people/tribe)
• अनरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पुरुषव्याघ्रम्: the tiger among men (great hero)
• पुरुषव्याघ्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषव्याघ्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• धवीम्: Dhavī (proper name)
• धवीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धवी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• मतम्: considered/esteemed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अपराजितम्: unconquered, undefeated
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपराजित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पातयामास: caused to fall, felled
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत्
• Form: Periphrastic Perfect (लिट्), Third, Singular

• कौन्तेयः: Kuntī's son (Arjuna)
• कौन्तेयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौन्तेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कथम्: how?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

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

• अजितम्: unconquered, unbeaten
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अजित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• युधि: in battle
• युधि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Kaunteya (son of Kuntī)
• the fallen warrior (unnamed in this verse)