Shloka 57

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

Devanagari script

भीष्मे हते भृशं दुःखान्मन्ये शोचन्ति पुत्रका: । अद्विसारमयं नूनं हृदयं मम संजय

Transliteration

bhīṣme hate bhṛśaṃ duḥkhān manye śocanti putrakāḥ | advisāramayaṃ nūnaṃ hṛdayaṃ mama saṃjaya

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “With Bhīṣma slain, I think my sons are grieving in intense anguish. Surely my heart, Saṃjaya, is made of something without firmness or strength.”

Word by Word

• भीष्मे: when/with Bhishma
• भीष्मे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• हते: being slain
• हते: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Past passive participle (kta), Masculine, Locative, Singular

• भृशम्: exceedingly, greatly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृशम्

• दुःखात्: from sorrow
• दुःखात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• मन्ये: I think
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्
• Form: Present (Lat), First, Singular, Atmanepada

• शोचन्ति: they grieve
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुच्
• Form: Present (Lat), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• पुत्रकाः: the sons (dear sons/young sons)
• पुत्रकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्रक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अद्विसारमयम्: made of (something) without firmness/essence
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्विसारमय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• नूनम्: surely, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम्

• हृदयम्: heart
• हृदयम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मम: my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• संजय: O Sanjaya
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Saṃjaya
• Kauravas (Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons)