Shloka 10

Arjuna’s Advance toward Bhīṣma; The Gāṇḍīva’s Signal and the Armies’ Convergence (भीष्माभिमुखगमनम् — गाण्डीवनिर्घोष-ध्वजवर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

मनोरथद्रुमो5स्माकं चिन्तितो बहुवार्षिक:

Transliteration

manorathadrumo 'smākaṃ cintito bahuvārṣikaḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: “For us, the wish-fulfilling tree—long contemplated through many years—has at last been envisioned as attainable.”

Word by Word

• मनोरथद्रुमः: the wish-fulfilling tree (tree of desires)
• मनोरथद्रुमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनोरथद्रुम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्माकम्: of us / our
• अस्माकम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Plural

• चिन्तितः: thought of / desired / contemplated
• चिन्तितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चिन्तित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बहुवार्षिकः: of many years / long-standing
• बहुवार्षिकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहुवार्षिक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya