Shloka 1023

गौरुडव्यूह-रचना तथा अर्धचन्द्र-प्रत्यव्यूह

Garuḍa Array and the Ardhacandra Counter-Formation

Devanagari script

श्वेत: खड्गमथाकृष्य भीष्मस्य धनुराच्छिनत्‌ । समस्त महामना पाण्डवोंके अवरुद्ध हो जानेपर श्वेतने तलवार खींचकर भीष्मका धनुष काट दिया

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | śvetaḥ khaḍgam athākṛṣya bhīṣmasya dhanur acchinat |

Translation

Sanjaya said: When the great-souled Pandava Śveta found himself checked and hemmed in, he drew his sword and cut down Bhīṣma’s bow.

Word by Word

• श्वेतः: Shveta (proper name)
• श्वेतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वेत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• खड्गम्: sword
• खड्गम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: खड्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• आकृष्य: having drawn/pulled out
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + कृष् (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• भीष्मस्य: of Bhishma
• भीष्मस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• धनुः: bow
• धनुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अच्छिनत्: cut off / severed
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद् (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Śveta
• Bhīṣma
• bow (dhanuḥ)
• sword (khaḍga)