Shloka 75

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

Devanagari script

छत्रैस्तथापविद्धैश्न चामरैव्यजनैरपि । पद्येन्दुद्युतिभिश्वैव वदनैश्वारुकुण्डलै:

Transliteration

chatrais tathāpaviddhaiś ca cāmarair vyajanair api | padmendudyutibhiś caiva vadanaiś cārukuṇḍalaiḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “There were also umbrellas cast aside, along with yak-tail fans and hand-fans; and faces radiant like lotus and moon, adorned with beautiful earrings.”

Word by Word

• छत्रैः: with umbrellas
• छत्रैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: छत्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• तथा: likewise/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• अपविद्धैः: thrown away/cast aside
• अपविद्धैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपविद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

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

• चामरैः: with yak-tail fans (chowries)
• चामरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चामर
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• व्यजनैः: with fans
• व्यजनैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यजन
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• पद्येन्दु-द्युतिभिः: with the lustres of lotus-and-moon (i.e., lotus-moon-like radiances)
• पद्येन्दु-द्युतिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्येन्दु-द्युति
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

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

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

• वदनैः: with faces
• वदनैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वदन
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• चारु-कुण्डलैः: with beautiful earrings
• चारु-कुण्डलैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चारु-कुण्डल
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• umbrellas (chatra)
• cāmara (yak-tail fly-whisk)
• vyajana (fan)
• earrings (kuṇḍala)