Shloka 103

गौरुडव्यूह-रचना तथा अर्धचन्द्र-प्रत्यव्यूह

Garuḍa Array and the Ardhacandra Counter-Formation

Devanagari script

तदपास्य धनुश्छिन्नं त्वरमाण: पितामह:

Transliteration

tadapāsya dhanuś chinnaṃ tvaramāṇaḥ pitāmahaḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: Casting aside that bow, now cut asunder, the grandsire Bhīṣma hastened on.

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अपास्य: having cast away / having thrown aside
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप + अस् (क्षेपणे)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Absolutive (prior action)

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

• छिन्नम्: cut / broken
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छिद्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• त्वरमाणः: hastening
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वर्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पितामहः: the grandsire (Bhishma)
• पितामहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīṣma (Pitāmaha)
• bow (dhanuḥ)