Shloka 78

गौरुडव्यूह-रचना तथा अर्धचन्द्र-प्रत्यव्यूह

Garuḍa Array and the Ardhacandra Counter-Formation

Devanagari script

विरथं रथिनां श्रेष्ठ श्वेतं दृष्टया पितामह:

Transliteration

virathaṃ rathināṃ śreṣṭha śvetaṃ dṛṣṭvā pitāmahaḥ

Translation

Dijo Sañjaya: Al ver a Śveta ya sin carro, Bhīṣma, el Abuelo, reparó en aquel que era el primero entre los guerreros de carro.

Word by Word

• विरथम्: without a chariot; chariotless
• विरथम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विरथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• रथिनाम्: of the chariot-warriors
• रथिनाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• श्रेष्ठम्: the best
• श्रेष्ठम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्वेतम्: white (named Śveta)
• श्वेतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्वेत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• पितामहः: the grandsire (Bhīṣma)
• पितामहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīṣma (Pitāmaha)
• Śveta
• chariot (ratha)