Shloka 26

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

Devanagari script

यस्मिन्‌ सत्यं च मेधा च नीतिश्न भरतर्षभे । अप्रमेयाणि दुर्धर्षे कथं स निहतो युधि,जिन दुर्जय वीर भरतभूषण भीष्ममें सत्य, मेधा और नीति--ये तीन अप्रमेय शक्तियाँ थीं, वे युद्धमें कैसे मारे गये?

Transliteration

yasmin satyaṃ ca medhā ca nītiś ca bharatarṣabhe | aprameyāṇi durdharṣe kathaṃ sa nihato yudhi ||

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “O bull among the Bharatas, in Bhīṣma there were truthfulness, keen intelligence, and mastery of righteous policy—powers beyond measure and hard to overcome. How, then, was he struck down in battle?”

Word by Word

• यस्मिन्: in whom/wherein
• यस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सत्यम्: truth
• सत्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• मेधा: intelligence
• मेधा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेधा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• नीतिश्नः: skilled in policy/ethics
• नीतिश्नः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नीतिश्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भरतर्षभे: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अप्रमेयाणि: immeasurable, unfathomable
• अप्रमेयाणि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्रमेय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• दुर्धर्षे: O unassailable one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्धर्ष
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

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

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निहतः: slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-हन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

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

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Bhīṣma
• Bharatas (Kuru lineage)