Shloka 24

भीष्मधनंजयद्वैरथम्

Bhīṣma–Dhanaṃjaya Duel and the Opening Clash

Devanagari script

अर्जुनं सप्तसप्तत्या नाराचानां समाचिनोत्‌ | द्रोणश्न॒ पञजचविंशत्या कृप: पजचाशता शरै:

Transliteration

arjunaṁ saptasaptatyā nārācānāṁ samācinot | droṇaś ca pañcaviṁśatyā kṛpaḥ pañcāśatā śaraiḥ |

Translation

Dijo Sañjaya: Bhīṣma hirió a Arjuna con setenta y siete flechas de hierro; Droṇa con veinticinco; y Kṛpa con cincuenta saetas.

Word by Word

• अर्जुनम्: Arjuna (as object)
• अर्जुनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सप्तसप्तत्या: with seventy-seven
• सप्तसप्तत्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तसप्तति
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• नाराचानाम्: of iron arrows (nārācas)
• नाराचानाम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाराच
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• समाचिनोत्: he covered/filled (him) with
• समाचिनोत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-चि
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• द्रोणः: Droṇa
• द्रोणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पञ्चविंशत्या: with twenty-five
• पञ्चविंशत्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चविंशति
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• कृपः: Kṛpa
• कृपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पञ्चाशता: with fifty
• पञ्चाशता: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चाशत्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna
• Droṇa
• Kṛpa
• nārāca (iron arrows)
• śara (arrows)