Shloka 79

गौरुडव्यूह-रचना तथा अर्धचन्द्र-प्रत्यव्यूह

Garuḍa Array and the Ardhacandra Counter-Formation

Devanagari script

स ताड्यमान: समरे भीष्मचापच्युतै: शरै:

Transliteration

sa tāḍyamānaḥ samare bhīṣma-cāpa-cyutaiḥ śaraiḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: In the thick of battle, he was being struck by arrows released from Bhīṣma’s bow.

Word by Word

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

• ताड्यमानः: being struck
• ताड्यमानः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ताड्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Present passive participle (शानच्), passive sense

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• भीष्म-चाप-च्युतैः: by (arrows) discharged from Bhishma's bow
• भीष्म-चाप-च्युतैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीष्मचापच्युत
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural, Past passive participle of √च्यु (च्युत) used adjectivally

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय
• भीष्म
• चाप (bow)
• शर (arrows)
• समर (battlefield)