Shloka 6

Bhīṣma’s Appraisal of Pāṇḍava-Alliance Warriors (Śikhaṇḍin, Dhṛṣṭadyumna, and Allied Kings)

Devanagari script

एते चमूमुपगता: स्मरन्त: क्लेशमुत्तमम्‌

Transliteration

ete camūm upagatāḥ smarantaḥ kleśam uttamam

Translation

Bhīṣma dit : «Ces hommes se sont avancés vers l’armée, se souvenant de l’épreuve la plus terrible.»

Word by Word

• एते: these (men)
• एते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• चमूम्: army, host
• चमूम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चमू
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• उपगताः: having approached / having reached
• उपगताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उपगम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)

• स्मरन्तः: remembering
• स्मरन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, शतृ (present active participle)

• क्लेशम्: distress, hardship
• क्लेशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्लेश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उत्तमम्: great, extreme
• उत्तमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• camū (army)