Shloka 15

Adhyāya 6: Śibira-dvāra-sthita Bhūta-varṇana and Aśvatthāmā’s Śaraṇāgati to Mahādeva

Devanagari script

तत:ः खड्गवरं धीमान्‌ भूताय प्राहिणोत्‌ तदा

Transliteration

tataḥ khaḍgavaraṃ dhīmān bhūtāya prāhiṇot tadā

Translation

Then the wise one, at that very moment, hurled a choice sword at the being. In the ominous setting of the night-raid, violence is turned not only upon human foes but toward a fearsome presence, laying bare the moral darkness and the rising brutality of the Sauptika episode.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
• Form: अव्ययम्

• खड्गवरम्: the excellent sword
• खड्गवरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: खड्गवर (खड्ग + वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• धीमान्: the wise (one)
• धीमान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमत्
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• भूताय: to the being/creature
• भूताय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, चतुर्थी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• प्राहिणोत्: sent, dispatched
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-हिण् (प्र + हिणोति)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• तदा: at that time
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
• Form: अव्ययम्

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• khaḍga (sword)
• bhūta (being/spirit/creature)