Shloka 26

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 25 — Bhīma’s Disruption of Elephant Formations and Bhagadatta’s Shock Advance

Devanagari script

अथ भीमरथ: शाल्वमाशुगैरायसै: शितै: । षड्भि: साश्चव॒नियन्तारमनयद्‌ यमसादनम्‌

Transliteration

atha bhīmarathaḥ śālvam āśugair āyasaiḥ śitaiḥ | ṣaḍbhiḥ sāśvavan-niyantāram anayad yamasādanam ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then Bhīmaratha, with six swift, iron, razor-edged arrows, struck down Śālva together with his charioteer who held the reins, sending them to Yama’s abode.

Word by Word

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

• भीमरथः: Bhīmaratha (the warrior with a formidable chariot)
• भीमरथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमरथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शाल्वम्: Śālva
• शाल्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाल्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आशुगैः: with swift (arrows)
• आशुगैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आशुग
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• आयसैः: iron (made of iron)
• आयसैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आयस
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• शितैः: sharp
• शितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शित
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• षड्भिः: with six
• षड्भिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• स: he
• स: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अश्वनियन्तारम्: the charioteer (controller of horses)
• अश्वनियन्तारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व-नियन्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अनयत्: led, sent
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यमसादनम्: to Yama's abode (death)
• यमसादनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम-सादन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• भीमरथ (Bhīmaratha)
• शाल्व (Śālva)
• अश्व (horses)
• नियन्तार (charioteer/reinsman)
• यम (Yama)
• यमसादन (Yama’s abode)