Shloka 10

Chapter 51: Saṃdhyākāla-saṃhāra

Evening Withdrawal after Arjuna’s Counter-Advance

Devanagari script

कृतवर्माणमेकेन शल्यं पठ्चभिराशुगै: । विद्ध्वा नवभिरानर्च्छच्छिताग्रै: प्रपितामहम्‌,उन्होंने एक बाणसे कृतवर्माको और पाँच शीघ्रगामी बाणोंसे शल्यको बेधकर तीखी धारवाले नौ बाणोंसे प्रपितामह भीष्मको भी चोट पहुँचायी

Transliteration

kṛtavarmāṇam ekena śalyaṃ pañcabhir āśugaiḥ | viddhvā navabhir ānarcchac chitāgraiḥ prapitāmaham ||

Translation

Dijo Sañjaya: Con una sola flecha hirió a Kṛtavarmā; con cinco saetas de vuelo veloz atravesó a Śalya; y luego, con nueve flechas de punta acerada, también lesionó al venerable ancestro Bhīṣma.

Word by Word

• कृतवर्माणम्: Kṛtavarman (as object)
• कृतवर्माणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतवर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• एकेन: with one (arrow)
• एकेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• शल्यं: Śalya (as object)
• शल्यं: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शल्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पञ्चभिः: with five (arrows)
• पञ्चभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• आशुगैः: swift-moving
• आशुगैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आशुग
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• विद्ध्वा: having pierced
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite

• नवभिः: with nine (arrows)
• नवभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नव
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• आनर्च्छत्: he struck / he reached (i.e., hit)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-ऋच्छ्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• छिताग्रैः: with sharp-pointed (arrows)
• छिताग्रैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छिताग्र
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• प्रपितामहम्: the great-grandsire (Bhīṣma)
• प्रपितामहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रपितामह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kṛtavarmā
• Śalya
• Bhīṣma (Prapitāmaha)
• arrows