Shloka 7

Devanagari script

एवमुक्तस्तु पार्थेन शिखण्डी भरतर्षभ | शरैर्नानाविधैस्तूर्ण पितामहमवाकिरत्‌,भरतश्रेष्ठ! अर्जुनके ऐसा कहनेपर शिखण्डी तुरंत ही पितामह भीष्मपर नाना प्रकारके बाणोंकी वर्षा करने लगा

Transliteration

evam uktas tu pārthena śikhaṇḍī bharatarṣabha | śarair nānāvidhais tūrṇaṃ pitāmaham avākirat ||

Translation

Dijo Sañjaya: Así interpelado por Pārtha (Arjuna), Śikhaṇḍī —oh toro entre los Bhāratas— al instante cubrió al abuelo Bhīṣma con una rápida lluvia de flechas de muchas clases.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उक्तः: having been spoken to / addressed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पार्थेन: by Partha (Arjuna)
• पार्थेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• शिखण्डी: Shikhandi
• शिखण्डी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिखण्डिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

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

• नानाविधैः: of various kinds
• नानाविधैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नाना-विध
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• तूर्णम्: swiftly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूर्णम्

• पितामहम्: the grandsire (Bhishma)
• पितामहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अवाकिरत्: showered / covered (with arrows)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव√कॄ (किरति)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna (Pārtha)
• Śikhaṇḍī
• Bhīṣma (Pitāmaha)
• arrows (śara)