Shloka 9

त्रिपुरदाह-इतिहासः

Tripura-destruction exemplum and counsel to Śalya

Devanagari script

उलूकस्तस्य समरे तैलधौतेन मारिष । शिरक्रिच्छेद भल्लेन यन्तुर्भरतसत्तम

Transliteration

ulūkas tasya samare tailadhautena māriṣa | śirakṛc cheda bhallena yantur bharatasattama ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: O revered one, in that battle Ulūka, with a broad-headed arrow smeared with oil, struck and severed the charioteer’s head—O best of the Bharatas.

Word by Word

• उलूकः: Uluka
• उलूकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उलूक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तैलधौतेन: with (a weapon) polished/cleansed with oil
• तैलधौतेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तैलधौत
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• मारिष: O sir (term of address)
• मारिष: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मारिष
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• शिरः: head
• शिरः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कृच्छेद: cut off
• कृच्छेद: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृच्छेद
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), 3rd, Singular

• भल्लेन: with a bhalla-arrow
• भल्लेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भल्ल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• यन्तुः: of the charioteer
• यन्तुः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यन्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• भरतसत्तम: O best of the Bharatas
• भरतसत्तम: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Ulūka
• charioteer (yantṛ)
• bhalla-arrow