Shloka 11

भीष्म–जामदग्न्यसंवादः (Amba-prasaṅga and Kurukṣetra Dvandva Declaration) / Bhishma–Jamadagnya Dialogue

Devanagari script

तमादित्यमिवोद्यन्तमनाधृष्यं महाबलम्‌ | क्षत्रियान्तकरं राममेकमेक: समासदम्‌,उदयकालीन सूर्यके समान तेजस्वी, अजेय, महाबली और क्षत्रियविनाशक परशुराम अकेले ही युद्धके लिये खड़े थे। अतः मैं भी अकेला ही उनका सामना करनेके लिये गया

Transliteration

tam ādityam ivodyantam anādhṛṣyaṃ mahābalam | kṣatriyāntakaraṃ rāmaṃ ekam ekaḥ samāsadam ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “I saw Rāma (Paraśurāma) standing alone for battle—radiant like the rising sun, unassailable, of immense might, and famed as the destroyer of kṣatriyas. Therefore I too, alone, went forth to confront him.”

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आदित्यम्: the sun
• आदित्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• उद्यन्तम्: rising
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्यत्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अनाधृष्यम्: unassailable
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनाधृष्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महाबलम्: of great strength
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• क्षत्रियान्तकरम्: destroyer of kshatriyas
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षत्रियान्तकर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• रामम्: Rama (Parashurama)
• रामम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• एकम्: alone/single
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• एकः: alone (one person)
• एकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समासदत्: approached/attacked/engaged
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√सद्
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Rāma (Paraśurāma)
• Āditya (the Sun)