Shloka 43

Devanagari script

शिखण्डी तु महाराज भरतानां पितामहम्‌

Transliteration

śikhaṇḍī tu mahārāja bharatānāṁ pitāmaham

Translation

પરંતુ મહારાજ! શિખંડી ભરતોના પિતામહ ભીષ્મ તરફ આગળ વધ્યો।

Word by Word

• शिखण्डी: Shikhandi
• शिखण्डी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिखण्डिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

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

• भरतानाम्: of the Bharatas
• भरतानाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• पितामहम्: the grandsire (Bhishma)
• पितामहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śikhaṇḍī
• Bhīṣma (pitāmaha)
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (mahārāja, implied addressee)
• Bharatas / Kurus