Shloka 11

Adhyāya 78 — Bhīṣma’s Advance, Duryodhana’s Rally, and Concurrent Duels (भीष्मस्याभ्युद्यमः, दुर्योधनस्योत्साहवचनम्, विविधयुद्धवर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

पादयोस्तु महाराज स्थित: श्रीमान्‌ महारथ: । कुन्तिभोज: शतानीको महत्या सेनयावृत:,महाराज! उसके दोनों पैरोंकी जगह महारथी श्रीमान्‌ कुन्तिभोज और विशाल सेनासहित शतानीक खड़े थे

Transliteration

pādayos tu mahārāja sthitaḥ śrīmān mahārathaḥ | kuntibhojaḥ śatānīko mahatyā senayāvṛtaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O King, stationed at his (Bhīṣma’s) feet stood the illustrious great chariot-warrior Śatānīka of the Kuntibhoja line, surrounded by a vast army.”

Word by Word

• पादयोः: at (his) two feet
• पादयोः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Dual

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• स्थितः: stood/was stationed
• स्थितः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• श्रीमान्: splendid/illustrious
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीमत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महारथः: great chariot-warrior
• महारथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कुन्तिभोजः: Kuntibhoja
• कुन्तिभोजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुन्तिभोज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शतानीकः: Shatanika (lit. 'having a hundred troops/hosts')
• शतानीकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतानीक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महत्या: by/with a great
• महत्या: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• सेनया: army
• सेनया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेना
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• आवृतः: surrounded/encircled
• आवृतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-वृ
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Śatānīka
• Kuntibhoja
• army (senā)