Shloka 8

Devanagari script

अभिप्रायं तु कृष्णस्य ज्ञात्वा परपुरंजय: । आजिशीर्षगतं पार्थ भीमसेनो5 भ्युवाच ह,श्रीकृष्णके इस अभिप्रायको जानकर शत्रुनगरीपर विजय पानेवाले भीमसेनने युद्धके मुहानेपर पहुँचे हुए अर्जुनसे इस प्रकार कहा

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | abhiprāyaṃ tu kṛṣṇasya jñātvā parapuraṃjayaḥ | ājiśīrṣagataṃ pārthaṃ bhīmaseno 'bhyuvāca ha ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Understanding Kṛṣṇa’s intention, Bhīmasena—conqueror of enemy strongholds—addressed Pārtha (Arjuna), who had come to the very forefront of battle.

Word by Word

• अभिप्रायम्: intention, plan
• अभिप्रायम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिप्राय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तु: but, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• कृष्णस्य: of Krishna
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• ज्ञात्वा: having known
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• परपुरंजयः: conqueror of enemy-cities
• परपुरंजयः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परपुरंजय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आजिशीर्षगतम्: having reached the forefront of battle
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आजिशीर्षगत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पार्थम्: Arjuna (son of Pritha)
• पार्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भीमसेनः: Bhimasena
• भीमसेनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभ्युवाच: said, addressed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kṛṣṇa
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• battlefront (āji-śīrṣa)