Shloka 63

भीष्मस्य मध्याह्नयुद्धवर्णनम् / Mid-day Battle Description: Bhīṣma Engaged by the Pāñcālas

Devanagari script

विप्रविद्धे:ः कलापैश्न पतितैश्व शरासनै: । विप्रकीर्ण: शरैश्वैव रुक्मपुड्खै: समन्तत:,चारों ओर तरकस फेंके पड़े थे, धनुष गिरे थे और सोनेके पंखवाले बाण बिखरे हुए थे

Transliteration

vipraviddhaiḥ kalāpaiś ca patitaiś ca śarāsanaiḥ | viprakīrṇaḥ śaraiś caiva rukmapuṅkhaiḥ samantataḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “All around, quivers lay scattered; bows had fallen to the ground; and arrows with golden fletching were strewn everywhere.”

Word by Word

• विप्रविद्धैः: by/with those that were pierced through
• विप्रविद्धैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विप्रविद्ध (वि-प्र-√व्यध्/विध्, क्त)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• कलापैः: by quivers (bundles of arrows)
• कलापैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलाप
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

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

• पतितैः: by/with fallen (ones)
• पतितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पतित (√पत्, क्त)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

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

• शरासनैः: with bows
• शरासनैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरासन
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• विप्रकीर्णः: was scattered about
• विप्रकीर्णः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विप्रकीर्ण (वि-प्र-√कीर्, क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

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

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

• रुक्मपुङ्खैः: with gold-feathered (arrows)
• रुक्मपुङ्खैः: Karana
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: रुक्मपुङ्ख
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• समन्ततः: on all sides
• समन्ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• kalāpa (quiver)
• śarāsana (bow)
• śara (arrow)
• rukmapuṅkha (gold-fletched arrow)