Shloka 13

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

Devanagari script

भ्रातरश्चास्य संनद्धा: कुलपुत्रा मदोत्कटा: । एतानद्य हनिष्यामि पश्यतस्ते न संशय:

Transliteration

bhrātaraścāsya sannaddhāḥ kulaputrā madotkaṭāḥ | etān adya haniṣyāmi paśyatas te na saṃśayaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “His brothers too stand fully armed—noble-born warriors, fierce with pride. Today I shall slay them before your very eyes; of this there is no doubt.”

Word by Word

• भ्रातरः: brothers
• भ्रातरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अस्य: of him / his
• अस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• संनद्धाः: armored, fully equipped
• संनद्धाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संनद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कुलपुत्राः: sons of noble families
• कुलपुत्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुलपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मदोत्कटाः: arrogant with intoxication/pride
• मदोत्कटाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मदोत्कट
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• एतान्: these (men)
• एतान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• हनिष्यामि: I will kill
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पश्यतः: while (you) are watching / of (you) watching
• पश्यतः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: पश्यत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• ते: of you / your
• ते: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• brothers (bhrātaraḥ)
• kulaputrāḥ (noble-born warriors)