Shloka 8

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

Devanagari script

अथाशु निशितं भल्लं शैनेय: कृतवर्मण: । प्रेषयामास समरे शरांश्व चतुरो5परान्‌,उन्होंने तुरंत ही कृतवर्मापर समरभूमिमें एक तीखे भल्लका प्रहार किया। फिर चार बाण और मारे

Transliteration

athāśu niśitaṃ bhallaṃ śaineyaḥ kṛtavarmaṇaḥ | preṣayāmāsa samare śarāṃś ca caturo 'parān ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then Śaineya swiftly launched a keen, razor-edged bhalla at Kṛtavarman in the thick of battle, and immediately sent four more arrows after it.

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• आशु: quickly, at once
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु

• निशितम्: sharpened, keen
• निशितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निशित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भल्लम्: a barbed arrow (bhalla)
• भल्लम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भल्ल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शैनेयः: Śaineya (son of Śini; Sātyaki)
• शैनेयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैनेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृतवर्मणः: of Kṛtavarman
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतवर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• प्रेषयामास: sent, discharged
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-इष्
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic), Third, Singular

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

• शरान्: arrows
• शरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• चतुरः: four
• चतुरः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अपरान्: other, additional
• अपरान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Śaineya (Sātyaki)
• Kṛtavarman
• bhalla (arrow)
• śara (arrows)
• samara (battlefield)