Shloka 24
भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय २: संजयस्य दिव्यदृष्टिप्रदानम् तथा निमित्तवर्णनम्
Granting Sañjaya Divine Sight and the Description of Omens
Devanagari script
स्वप्स्यन्ति निहता वीरा भूमिमावृत्य पार्थिवा: । राजानो राजतपूुत्रा श्च शूरा: परिघबाहव:,“इसका फल यह है कि परिघके समान मोटी बाहुओंवाले बहुत-से शूरवीर नरेश तथा राजकुमार मारे जाकर पृथ्वीको आच्छादित करके रणभूमिमें शयन करेंगे
Transliteration
svapsyanti nihatā vīrā bhūmim āvṛtya pārthivāḥ | rājāno rāja-putrāś ca śūrāḥ parigha-bāhavaḥ ||
Translation
Vaiśampāyana said: “Many heroic kings and princes—mighty warriors with arms thick and powerful like iron clubs—will be struck down. Covering the earth with their fallen bodies, they will lie upon the battlefield as if in sleep.”
Word by Word
स्वप्स्यन्तिwill sleep
स्वप्स्यन्ति:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootस्वप् (धातु)
Formलृट् (simple future), 3rd, plural, परस्मैपद
निहताःslain
निहताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootनि-हन् (धातु) → निहत (कृदन्त)
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
वीराःheroes/warriors
वीराः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवीर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
भूमिम्the earth/ground
भूमिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formfeminine, accusative, singular
आवृत्यhaving covered
आवृत्य:
Karma
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ-√वृ (धातु) → आवृत्य (क्त्वान्त अव्यय)
Formक्त्वा/ल्यप् (gerund)
पार्थिवाःkings/earth-lords
पार्थिवाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
राजानःkings
राजानः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootराजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
राजपुत्राःprinces (sons of kings)
राजपुत्राः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootराजपुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
Formconjunction
शूराःbrave warriors
शूराः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशूर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
परिघबाहवःhaving arms like iron bars/maces
परिघबाहवः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपरिघबाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaK
kings (pārthivāḥ/rājānaḥ)P
princes (rāja-putrāḥ)E
earth/ground (bhūmi)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes