Shloka 44

भीष्म-युधिष्ठिर-संमर्दः

Bhīṣma’s Pressure on Yudhiṣṭhira; Śikhaṇḍī’s Approach; Evening Withdrawal

Devanagari script

विव्याध दशभिस्तूर्ण जयत्सेनं शिलीमुखै: । ननाद सुमहानादं प्रभिन्न इव वारण:,शतानीकने संग्रामभूमिमें अपने धनुषको जोरसे खींचकर शीघ्रतापूर्वक दस बाण मारकर जयत्सेनको घायल कर दिया। फिर उसने मदवर्षी गजराजके समान बड़े जोरसे गर्जना की

Transliteration

vivyādha daśabhis tūrṇaṁ jayatsenaṁ śilīmukhaiḥ | nanāda sumahānādaṁ prabhinna iva vāraṇaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Drawing his bow with force, Śatānīka swiftly pierced Jayatsena with ten sharp arrows. Then, like a rutting elephant that has broken loose, he let out a mighty roar.

Word by Word

• विव्याध: pierced, wounded
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध् (विध्)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• दशभिः: with ten (arrows)
• दशभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• तूर्णम्: swiftly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूर्ण

• जयत्सेनम्: Jayatsena
• जयत्सेनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जयत्सेन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शिलीमुखैः: with sharp arrows
• शिलीमुखैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिलीमुख
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• ननाद: roared, sounded
• Type: Verb
• Root: नद्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सुमहानादम्: a very great roar
• सुमहानादम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुमहानाद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रभिन्नः: rutting, in musth (excited)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-भिद् (प्रभिन्न)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like, as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• वारणः: elephant
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Śatānīka
• Jayatsena
• bow
• arrows (śilīmukha)