Shloka 73

गौरुडव्यूह-रचना तथा अर्धचन्द्र-प्रत्यव्यूह

Garuḍa Array and the Ardhacandra Counter-Formation

Devanagari script

श्वित॑ प्रति महाराज व्यसूजत्‌ सायकान्‌ बहून्‌ तानावार्य रणे श्वेतों भीष्मस्य रथिनां वर:

Transliteration

Śvetaḥ prati mahārāja vyasūjat sāyakān bahūn; tān āvārya raṇe Śveto Bhīṣmasya rathināṁ varaḥ.

Translation

Sañjaya dit : «Ô grand roi, Śveta décocha en retour de nombreuses flèches. Au plus fort de la mêlée, Śveta —le premier parmi les guerriers de char de Bhīṣma— arrêta et repoussa ces traits.»

Word by Word

• श्वेतः: Śveta (proper name)
• श्वेतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वेत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रति: towards, against
• प्रति: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

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

• व्यसृजत्: he discharged, released
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+सृज्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सायकान्: arrows
• सायकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सायक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• बहून्: many
• बहून्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तान्: those (arrows)
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• आवार्य: having warded off, having checked
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ+वृ
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• श्वेतः: Śveta
• श्वेतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वेत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भीष्मस्य: of Bhīṣma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• वरः: the best, foremost
• वरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Mahārāja (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• Śveta
• Bhīṣma
• arrows (sāyaka)