Shloka 206

अभिमन्युवधः

Abhimanyu’s Fall and the Battlefield Aftermath

Devanagari script

संदधानस्य विशिखान्‌ शीघ्रं चैव विमुज्चत: । “इस पुरुषसिंह पाण्डवपुत्रकी शीघ्रता तो देखो। शीघ्रतापूर्वक बाणोंका संधान करते और छोड़ते समय रथके मार्गोंमें इसके धनुषका मण्डलमात्र दिखायी देता है

Transliteration

saṃdadhānasya viśikhān śīghraṃ caiva vimucyataḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Behold the swiftness of this bull among men, the Pāṇḍava prince. As he swiftly fits the arrows and releases them, along the chariot’s paths only the circular sweep of his bow is seen.”

Word by Word

• संदधानस्य: of (him) who is fixing/placing (the arrows)
• संदधानस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: संदधत् (धातु: धा, उपसर्ग: सम्)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• विशिखान्: arrows
• विशिखान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशिख
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात

• विमुञ्चतः: of (him) who is releasing/letting go (the arrows)
• विमुञ्चतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: विमुञ्चत् (धातु: मुच्, उपसर्ग: वि)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍava (Pāṇḍu’s son; a Pāṇḍava prince)
• arrows (viśikha)
• bow
• chariot