Shloka 9

Chapter 89: Bhīma dispatched to protect Ghaṭotkaca amid escalating engagements

Devanagari script

ततो युधिषछिरो राजा कौरव्यस्य महात्मन: । नाराचं प्रेषयामास क्रुद्ध आशीविषोपमम्‌

Transliteration

tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā kauravyasya mahātmanaḥ | nārācaṃ preṣayāmāsa kruddha āśīviṣopamam ||

Translation

ત્યારે ક્રોધિત રાજા યુધિષ્ઠિરે મહાત્મા કૌરવ (ભીષ્મ) પર વિષધર સર્પ સમાન ભયંકર નારાચ બાણ છોડ્યું।

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from that/then')

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कौरव्यस्य: of the Kaurava (Duryodhana)
• कौरव्यस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: कौरव्य
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled
• महात्मनः: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• नाराचम्: an iron arrow/shaft
• नाराचम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाराच
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रेषयामास: sent/shot/let fly
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-इष्
• Form: Periphrastic perfect (लिट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• क्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular (past passive participle from √क्रुध्)

• आशीविषोपमम्: like a venomous serpent
• आशीविषोपमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आशीविष-उपम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Kaurava (opponent)
• nārāca (arrow/missile)