Shloka 29

Devanagari script

भीष्पद्रोणार्णवं तीर्त्वा संग्रामे भीरुदुस्तरे । विमज्जिष्यामि सलिले सगणो द्रौणिगोष्पदे,“कायरोंके लिये दुस्तर संग्राममें भीष्म और द्रोणाचार्यरूपी महासागरको पार करके मैं सगे-सम्बन्धियोंके साथ अश्वत्थामारूपी गायकी खुरीके जलमें डूब जाऊँगा

Transliteration

bhīṣma-droṇārṇavaṁ tīrtvā saṅgrāme bhīru-dustare | vimajjiṣyāmi salile sagaṇo drauṇi-goṣpade ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Having crossed, in this battle so hard for the fearful to traverse, the vast ocean that is Bhīṣma and Droṇa, I shall then—together with my followers—sink in the water that is but a cow’s hoofprint, namely Aśvatthāmā.”

Word by Word

• भीष्मद्रोणार्णवम्: the ocean in the form of Bhīṣma and Droṇa
• भीष्मद्रोणार्णवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म-द्रोण-अर्णव
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तीर्त्वा: having crossed
• Type: Verb
• Root: तॄ
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), perfective (prior action)

• संग्रामे: in battle
• संग्रामे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्राम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• भीरु-दुस्तरे: hard to cross for cowards
• भीरु-दुस्तरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीरु-दुस्तर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• विमज्जिष्यामि: I shall sink / be submerged
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-मज्ज्
• Form: Simple Future (लृट्), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सलिले: in the water
• सलिले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सगणः: together with my group/retinue
• सगणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-गण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्रौणि-गोष्पदे: in the cow-hoofprint (puddle) that is Drauṇi (Aśvatthāman)
• द्रौणि-गोष्पदे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौणि-गोष्पद
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīṣma
• Droṇa (Droṇācārya)
• Aśvatthāmā (Drauṇi)
• saṅgrāma (the battle/war)