Shloka 17

Adhyāya 74 (Book 6, Bhīṣma-parva): Bhīma–Duryodhana re-engagement and afternoon escalation

Devanagari script

इसके सिवा आपके पुत्रकी आज्ञासे चौदह हजार अच्छे घुड़सवार सुबलपुत्र शकुनिको घेरकर खड़े हुए ।। ततस्ते सहिता: सर्वे विभक्तरथवाहना: । अर्जुनं समरे जघ्नुस्तावका भरतर्षभ,भरतश्रेष्ठ! फिर पृथक्‌ू-पृथक्‌ रथ और वाहन लिये आपके पक्षके ये सब महारथी वीर समरांगणमें अर्जुनपर अस्त्र-शस्त्रोंका प्रहार करने लगे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | tataḥ te sahitāḥ sarve vibhakta-ratha-vāhanāḥ | arjunaṃ samare jaghnus tāvakā bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then all those warriors of your side, acting together yet each with his own chariot and mount set apart, assailed Arjuna in the battle—striking at him with their weapons, O bull among the Bharatas.

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• ते: they (those)
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• सहिता: together/assembled
• सहिता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• विभक्त: separated/divided
• विभक्त: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-भज्
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural, kta (past passive participle)

• रथ: chariots
• रथ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• वाहनाः: vehicles/mounts
• वाहनाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाहन
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• अर्जुनम्: Arjuna
• अर्जुनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• जघ्नुः: they struck/slew/attacked
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: liṭ (perfect), parasmaipada, third, plural

• तावकाः: your (men)/belonging to you
• तावकाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तावक
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-ऋषभ
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by address bharatarṣabha)
• Kauravas (tāvakāḥ)