Shloka 30

Adhyāya 112: Bhīṣma-prati Arjunasya Pravṛttiḥ

Arjuna’s Forward Drive Toward Bhīṣma

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त्वा भरतश्रेष्ठ क्षत्रियान्‌ प्रवपठ्छरै: । आससाद दुराधर्ष: पाण्डवानामनीकिनीम्‌,भरतश्रेष्ठ! ऐसा कहकर दुर्थर्ष वीर भीष्मने क्षत्रियोंपर अपने बाणोंकी वर्षा करते हुए पाण्डवोंकी सेनापर आक्रमण किया

Transliteration

ity uktvā bharataśreṣṭha kṣatriyān pravapañ chharaiḥ | āsasāda durādharṣaḥ pāṇḍavānām anīkinīm ||

Translation

Sañjaya dijo: «Dicho esto, oh el mejor de los Bharata, el inconquistable Bhīṣma descargó una lluvia de flechas sobre los guerreros kṣatriya y luego se lanzó de frente contra el ejército de los Pāṇḍava».

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• उक्त्वा: having said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (उच्)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

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

• क्षत्रियान्: the Kshatriyas
• क्षत्रियान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• प्रवपठ्: he showered / rained down
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√वप्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• आससाद: he attacked / approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√सद्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• दुराधर्षः: the hard-to-assail one
• दुराधर्षः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुराधर्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पाण्डवानाम्: of the Pandavas
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अनीकिनीम्: the army
• अनीकिनीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनीकिनी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīṣma
• Pāṇḍavas
• Kṣatriyas
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by address bharataśreṣṭha)