Shloka 5

Bhīṣma’s Appraisal of Pāṇḍava-Alliance Warriors (Śikhaṇḍin, Dhṛṣṭadyumna, and Allied Kings)

Devanagari script

माद्रीपुत्रो च रथिनौ द्वावेव पुरुषर्षभी

Transliteration

mādrīputro ca rathinau dvāveva puruṣarṣabhī

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “And Mādrī’s son is also a chariot-warrior; together with those two foremost chariot-warriors, they are indeed the bull-like best of men.”

Word by Word

• माद्रीपुत्रः: the son of Madri
• माद्रीपुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: माद्रीपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• रथिनौ: two chariot-warriors
• रथिनौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• द्वौ: two
• द्वौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• पुरुषर्षभी: two bulls among men (best of men)
• पुरुषर्षभी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Mādrī
• Mādrī’s son (Nakula or Sahadeva, implied)
• two rathins (unnamed chariot-warriors)