Shloka 18

Adhyāya 92: Irāvanta-śoka, punaḥ-pravṛttiḥ saṅgrāmasya

Arjuna’s grief and the battle’s renewed intensity

Devanagari script

केकया धृष्टकेतुश्च कुन्तिभोजश्न दंशित: । युक्तानीका महाराज भीष्ममेव समभ्ययु:,नरेश्वर! केकय, धृष्टकेतु और कवचधारी कुन्तिभोज--इन सबने अपनी सेनाओंके साथ भीष्मपर ही धावा किया

Transliteration

kekayā dhṛṣṭaketuś ca kuntibhojaś ca daṃśitaḥ | yuktānīkā mahārāja bhīṣmam eva samabhyayuḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: O great king, the Kekayas, Dhṛṣṭaketu, and the armor-clad Kuntibhoja—arrayed with their properly organized battle-formations—advanced together and charged straight at Bhīṣma.

Word by Word

• केकयाः: the Kekayas
• केकयाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: केकय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• धृष्टकेतुः: Dhrishtaketu
• धृष्टकेतुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृष्टकेतु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

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

• दंशितः: armored / mail-clad
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दंशित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, past passive participle (kta), दंश्

• युक्तानीकाः: having their forces arrayed
• युक्तानीकाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्तानीक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, युक्त + अनीक (whose troops are arrayed/organized), kta (युक्त) from √युज्

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

• भीष्मम्: Bhishma
• भीष्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• एव: indeed / only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• समभ्ययुः: they advanced/charged (towards)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + अभि + या
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Bhīṣma
• Kekayas
• Dhṛṣṭaketu
• Kuntibhoja