Shloka 22

Adhyāya 107 — बहुयुद्धप्रकरणम्

Multiple Defensive Engagements to Protect Bhīṣma

Devanagari script

हताश्वात्‌ तु रथात्‌ तूर्ण सोडवप्लुत्य महारथ:

Transliteration

hatāśvāt tu rathāt tūrṇaṃ soḍavaplutya mahārathaḥ

Translation

Sañjaya dijo: Entonces el gran guerrero, al ver muertos los caballos de su carro, saltó con presteza del carro de un solo brinco—imagen de resolución en el campo de batalla en medio de una pérdida repentina.

Word by Word

• हताश्वात्: from the horse-less (chariot)
• हताश्वात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हताश्व
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• रथात्: from the chariot
• रथात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• तूर्णम्: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूर्ण

• स: he
• स: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उदप्लुत्य: having leapt up/out
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्+प्लु
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• महारथः: the great chariot-warrior
• महारथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• रथ (chariot)
• अश्व (horses)
• महāratha (great warrior)