Shloka 21

भीष्मवधाय प्रयाणम् — The Advance toward Bhīṣma and Counter-Engagements

Devanagari script

अभिमन्युर्विकर्णस्य हयान्‌ हत्वा महाहवे | अथीैनं पज्चविंशत्या क्षुद्रकाणां समार्पयत्‌,अभिमन्युने उस महायुद्धमें विकर्णके घोड़ोंको मारकर स्वयं विकर्णको भी पचीस बाणोंसे घायल कर दिया

Transliteration

abhimanyur vikarṇasya hayān hatvā mahāhave | athainaṃ pañcaviṃśatyā kṣudrakāṇāṃ samārpayat ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: In that great battle, Abhimanyu slew Vikarna’s horses; then he struck Vikarna himself with twenty-five swift arrows.

Word by Word

• अभिमन्युः: Abhimanyu
• अभिमन्युः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिमन्यु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विकर्णस्य: of Vikarna
• विकर्णस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विकर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• हयान्: horses
• हयान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• हत्वा: having slain
• हत्वा: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• महाहवे: in the great battle
• महाहवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाहव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पञ्चविंशत्या: with twenty-five
• पञ्चविंशत्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चविंशति
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• क्षुद्रकाणाम्: of arrows (small shafts)
• क्षुद्रकाणाम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षुद्रक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• समर्पयत्: he struck/assailed (lit. delivered/consigned)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + अर्प्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Abhimanyu
• Vikarna
• horses
• arrows
• battlefield (Kurukṣetra context)