Shloka 6

Bhīṣma’s Appraisal of Kaurava Champions (भीष्मकृतः रथिनां गुणनिरूपणम्)

Devanagari script

संजय उवाच सैनापत्यमनुप्राप्य भीष्म: शान्तनवो नूप । दुर्योधनमुवाचेदं वचन हर्षयन्निव,संजय बोले--नरेश्वर! सेनापतिका पद प्राप्त करके शान्तनुनन्दन भीष्मने दुर्योधनका हर्ष बढ़ाते हुए-से उससे यह बात कही--

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | saināpatyam anuprāpya bhīṣmaḥ śāntanavo nṛpa | duryodhanam uvācedaṃ vacanaṃ harṣayann iva ||

Translation

Sañjaya dijo: «Oh rey, tras alcanzar el cargo de comandante en jefe, Bhīṣma, hijo de Śāntanu, dirigió estas palabras a Duryodhana, como si quisiera acrecentar su confianza y su alegría».

Word by Word

• संजयः: Sanjaya
• संजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सैनापत्यम्: the commandership (of the army)
• सैनापत्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैनापत्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अनुप्राप्य: having obtained / having attained
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-प्र-आप्
• Form: Lyap (absolutive/gerund), Active

• भीष्मः: Bhishma
• भीष्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शान्तनवः: son of Shantanu
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शान्तनव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नृप: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• दुर्योधनम्: Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वचनम्: speech / words
• वचनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• हर्षयन्: gladdening / causing joy (to)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृष्
• Form: Shatru (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Bhishma
• Shantanu
• Duryodhana
• Dhritarashtra (implied by address nṛpa)