Shloka 5

Bhīṣma’s Retrospective of the Jāmadagnya Rāma Encounter

Divyāstra-Pratiyuddha and Twilight Cessation

Devanagari script

मेरे सारथिको अत्यन्त मोह छा गया था। वह बाणोंके आघातसे पृथ्वीपर गिरा और अचेत हो गया ।।

Transliteration

tataḥ sūto 'jahāt prāṇān rāma-bāṇa-prapīḍitaḥ | muhūrtād iva rājendra māṃ ca bhīr āviśat tadā ||

Translation

तब राम (परशुराम) के बाणों से अत्यन्त पीड़ित होकर मेरे सारथि ने प्राण त्याग दिए। और, राजेन्द्र, उसी क्षण—मानो पलभर में—मेरे हृदय में भय समा गया।

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'tataḥ', 'definition': 'then

• thereafter'}, {'term': 'sūtaḥ', 'definition': 'charioteer

• driver (also a court bard by class, but here ‘charioteer’)'}, {'term': 'ajahāt prāṇān', 'definition': 'abandoned life-breaths

• died'}, {'term': 'rāma-bāṇa', 'definition': 'Rama’s arrows (i.e., Parashurama’s arrows)'}, {'term': 'prapīḍitaḥ', 'definition': 'severely afflicted

• tormented'}, {'term': 'muhūrtāt iva', 'definition': 'as if within a moment

• almost instantly'}, {'term': 'rājendra', 'definition': 'O best of kings (address to the listener, typically Dhritarashtra)'}, {'term': 'mām', 'definition': 'me'}, {'term': 'bhīḥ', 'definition': 'fear

• dread'}, {'term': 'āviśat', 'definition': 'entered

• took hold of'}, {'term': 'tadā', 'definition': 'then

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Rama (Parashurama)
• Suta (Bhishma’s charioteer)
• King (rājendra—addressee, traditionally Dhritarashtra)