Shloka 47

Bhūriśravas–Sātyaki Saṃvāda and Duel; Arjuna’s Intervention (भूरिश्रवाः–सात्यकि संवादः, युद्धम्, अर्जुन-हस्तक्षेपः)

Devanagari script

आर्षभं चर्म च महच्छतचन्द्रकसंकुलम्‌ । आविध्य च तत: खड्गं सात्वतायोत्ससर्ज ह,तब महाबली जलसंधने सौ चन्द्राकार चमकीले चिह्लोंसे युक्त वृषभ-चर्मकी बनी हुई विशाल ढाल और तलवार हाथमें ले ली तथा उस तलवारको घुमाकर सात्यकिपर छोड़ दिया

Transliteration

ārṣabhaṃ carma ca mahac chata-candraka-saṅkulam | āvidhya ca tataḥ khaḍgaṃ sātvatāyotsasarja ha ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: He seized a great bull-hide shield, crowded with a hundred moon-like bosses, and then, whirling his sword, hurled it at Sātyaki.

Word by Word

• आर्षभम्: made of bull-hide / bovine
• आर्षभम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आर्षभ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• चर्म: hide, leather (shield)
• चर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• महत्: great, large
• महत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शतचन्द्रकसंकुलम्: crowded/covered with a hundred moon-discs (ornaments)
• शतचन्द्रकसंकुलम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शतचन्द्रकसंकुल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आविध्य: having whirled/brandished
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-धा (आ + वि-धा)
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), Parasmaipada (usage)

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

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• खड्गम्: sword
• खड्गम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: खड्ग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सात्वताय: to Sātvata (Sātyaki)
• सात्वताय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सात्वत
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• उत्ससर्ज: he hurled/let fly
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-सृज्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ह: indeed (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Sātyaki (Sātvata)
• bull-hide shield (carmāṇi/mahac carma)
• sword (khaḍga)
• hundred moon-like bosses (śata-candraka)