Shloka 42

द्रोणपर्व (अध्याय १) — भीष्मनिधनानन्तरं धृतराष्ट्रस्य शोकः, सेनायाः स्थितिः, कर्णस्मरणं च

Droṇa Parva, Chapter 1: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s grief after Bhīṣma’s fall and the army’s reorientation toward Karṇa

Devanagari script

भीष्म: समरविक्रान्त: पाण्डवेयस्य भारत । जघान समरे योधानसंख्येयपराक्रम:,भारत! समरभूमिमें पराक्रम प्रकट करनेवाले अनन्त पराक्रमी भीष्मने युद्धस्थलमें पाण्डुनन्दन युधिष्ठिरके बहुत-से योद्धाओंको मार डाला

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | bhīṣmaḥ samaravikrāntaḥ pāṇḍaveyasya bhārata | jaghāna samare yodhān asaṅkhyeya-parākramaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: O Bhārata, Bhīṣma—valiant in battle—slew in that combat many warriors belonging to the son of Pāṇḍu. On the battlefield he displayed immeasurable prowess.

Word by Word

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

• समर-विक्रान्तः: valiant in battle
• समर-विक्रान्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समरविक्रान्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पाण्डवेयस्य: of the Pandava (son/descendant of Pandu)
• पाण्डवेयस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डवेय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• जघान: slew/killed
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• योधान्: warriors
• योधान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: योध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• असंख्येय-पराक्रमः: of immeasurable prowess
• असंख्येय-पराक्रमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असंख्येयपराक्रम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīṣma
• Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra as addressee)
• Pāṇḍava side (Pāṇḍaveya)
• Yudhiṣṭhira (implied by Pāṇḍaveya in the given context)
• battlefield (samara)