Shloka 28

भीष्मस्य शरशय्या-प्राप्तिः

Bhīṣma’s Fall to the Arrow-Bed

Devanagari script

सहदेवं तथा यान्तं कृप: शारद्वतो5भ्ययात्‌ । यथा नागो वने नागं मत्तो मत्तमुपाद्रवत्‌

Transliteration

sahadevaṃ tathā yāntaṃ kṛpaḥ śāradvatobhyayāt | yathā nāgo vane nāgaṃ matto mattam upādravat ||

Translation

Sañjaya dit : Tandis que Sahadeva avançait, Kṛpa Śāradvata s’élança pour l’affronter — comme, dans la forêt, un éléphant en rut se rue sur un autre éléphant, lui aussi en rut.

Word by Word

• सहदेवम्: Sahadeva
• सहदेवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहदेव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• यान्तम्: going, proceeding
• यान्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)

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

• शारद्वतः: son of Śaradvat (patronymic)
• शारद्वतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शारद्वत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभ्ययात्: approached, came up to
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, अभि

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• नागः: an elephant
• नागः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वने: in the forest
• वने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• नागम्: an elephant
• नागम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मत्तः: maddened, in rut
• मत्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मत्तम्: maddened, in rut
• मत्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उपाद्रवत्: ran up to, charged at
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्रु (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, उप

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Sahadeva
• Kṛpa (Śāradvata/Kṛpācārya)
• forest (vana)
• elephant (nāga)