Shloka 81

वासवी-शक्तेः प्रयोगः, घटोत्कच-वधोत्तर-शोकः, व्यासोपदेशश्च

The Vāsavī Spear’s Use, Post-Ghaṭotkaca Grief, and Vyāsa’s Counsel

Devanagari script

पौत्रेण भीमसेनस्थ शरैरञ्जनपर्वणा

Transliteration

pautreṇa bhīmasenastha śarair añjanaparvaṇā

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O Bhīmasena, you were struck by the grandson with arrows whose joints were dark as collyrium.”

Word by Word

• पौत्रेण: by/with the grandson
• पौत्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौत्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• भीमसेनस्थ: standing with/at Bhimasena (Bhima's side)
• भीमसेनस्थ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीमसेन-स्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• अञ्जनपर्वणा: with (arrows) having blackened joints/knots (lit. 'collyrium-dark joints')
• अञ्जनपर्वणा: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अञ्जन-पर्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

सयजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• the grandson (pautra)