Shloka 12

भीमसेनस्य कौरवसुतवधः तथा श्रुतर्वावधः

Slaying of Kaurava princes and the fall of Śrutarvā

Devanagari script

वर्माणि च समारोप्य केचिद्‌ भरतसत्तम | समाश्चास्यापरे भ्रातृन्‌ निक्षिप्य शिबिरेडपि च

Transliteration

varmāṇi ca samāropya kecid bharatasattama | samāścāsyāpare bhrātṝn nikṣipya śibire 'pi ca

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O best of the Bharatas, some of them put on their armor; others, having gathered up their brothers, laid them down even within the camp.”

Word by Word

• वर्माणि: armours
• वर्माणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• समारोप्य: having put on / having mounted (on themselves)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-रुह्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• केचित्: some (people/warriors)
• केचित्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क-चित् (केचित्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• समाः: equal / similar
• समाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अस्य: of him / his
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (अस्मद्-प्रत्ययान्त रूप: अस्य)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अपरे: others
• अपरे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भ्रातॄन्: brothers
• भ्रातॄन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• निक्षिप्य: having placed / having set down
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-क्षिप्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• शिबिरे: in the camp
• शिबिरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिबिर
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अपि: also / even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by address bharatasattama)
• armor (varmāṇi)
• camp (śibira)
• brothers/kinsmen (bhrātṝn)