Shloka 5

Bhagadattā’s Deployment Against Ghaṭotkaca; Elephant-Corps Escalation

Devanagari script

स तेषां रथिनां वीरो भीष्म: शान्तनवो युधि । चिच्छेद सहसा राजन्‌ बाहूनथ शिरांसि च,राजन! वीर शान्तनुनन्दन भीष्म उस युद्धके मैदानमें सहसा उन रथियोंकी भुजाओं और मस्तकोंको काट-काटकर गिराने लगे

Transliteration

sa teṣāṁ rathināṁ vīro bhīṣmaḥ śāntanavo yudhi | ciccheda sahasā rājan bāhūn atha śirāṁsi ca ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: In that battle, the valiant Bhīṣma, son of Śāntanu, suddenly began to hew down the arms and even the heads of those chariot-warriors, O King.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तेषाम्: of those
• तेषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• रथिनाम्: of the chariot-warriors
• रथिनाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• वीरः: the hero
• वीरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भीष्मः: Bhishma
• भीष्मः: Karta
• Type: ProperNoun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शान्तनवः: son of Shantanu
• शान्तनवः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शान्तनव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• युधि: in battle
• युधि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• चिच्छेद: cut, severed
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सहसा: suddenly, swiftly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा

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

• बाहून्: arms
• बाहून्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाहु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अथ: and then / also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• शिरांसि: heads
• शिरांसि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīṣma
• Śāntanu
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• rathin (chariot-warriors)
• battlefield (yudhi)