Shloka 34

भीष्म–जामदग्न्यसंवादः (Amba-prasaṅga and Kurukṣetra Dvandva Declaration) / Bhishma–Jamadagnya Dialogue

Devanagari script

तमहं समवष्टभ्य पुनरात्मानमाहवे । शतसंख्यै: शरै: क्रुद्धस्तदा राममवाकिरम्‌

Transliteration

tam ahaṁ samavaṣṭabhya punar ātmānam āhave | śatasaṅkhyaiḥ śaraiḥ kruddhas tadā rāmam avākiram ||

Translation

Me raffermissant au cœur de la mêlée, je repris ma maîtrise; puis, dans la colère, j’accablai Rāma d’une grêle de flèches par centaines.

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• समवष्टभ्य: having steadied/checked (him)
• समवष्टभ्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + अव + स्तम्भ्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), —, —, —

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• आत्मानम्: myself
• आत्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आहवे: in battle
• आहवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• शतसंख्यैः: with hundreds (in number)
• शतसंख्यैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शतसंख्य
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

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

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• क्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुद्ध
• Form: Past passive participle (kta), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• रामम्: Rama
• रामम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (Proper)
• Root: राम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अवाकिरम्: I showered/covered (with arrows)
• अवाकिरम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + कृ
• Form: Aorist (luṅ), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

राम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• arrows (śara)
• battle (āhava)