Shloka 22

धृष्टद्युम्नस्य द्रोणरथारोহণं सात्यकेः प्रतिरक्षणं च | Dhrishtadyumna Boards Droṇa’s Chariot; Sātyaki’s Counter-Protection

Devanagari script

भित्त्वानीकं महेष्वास: परेषां बहुशो युधि | कच्चिन्न निहत: संख्ये सौभद्र: परवीरहा,शत्रुवीरोंका संहार करनेवाला महाधनुर्धर सुभद्राकुमार अभिमन्यु युद्धमें शत्रुओंके उस व्यूहका अनेकों बार भेदन करके अन्तमें वहीं मारा तो नहीं गया?

Transliteration

bhittvānīkaṁ maheṣvāsaḥ pareṣāṁ bahuśo yudhi | kaccin na nihataḥ saṅkhye saubhadraḥ paravīrahā ||

Translation

Sanjaya said: “Having again and again broken through the enemy’s battle-array amid the clash of arms, has Abhimanyu—Subhadrā’s son, the mighty archer, slayer of hostile heroes—been slain at last in the thick of the fight?”

Word by Word

• भित्त्वा: having pierced/broken through
• भित्त्वा: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: भिद्
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपद-भावः

• अनीकम्: battle-array/army-division
• अनीकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनीक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• महेष्वासः: the great bowman
• महेष्वासः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महेष्वास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परेषाम्: of the enemies/others
• परेषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• बहुशः: many times, repeatedly
• बहुशः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहुशस्
• Form: true

• युधि: in battle
• युधि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• कच्चित्: whether indeed?, I hope (not)
• कच्चित्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कच्चित्
• Form: true

• न: not
• न: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न
• Form: true

• निहतः: slain, killed
• निहतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-हन्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संख्ये: in battle, in the fight
• संख्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संख्या
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• सौभद्रः: the son of Subhadrā (Abhimanyu)
• सौभद्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभद्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परवीरहा: slayer of enemy-heroes
• परवीरहा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परवीरहन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Abhimanyu (Saubhadra, son of Subhadrā)
• enemy battle-array (anīka/vyūha)