Shloka 29

भीष्मवधोपाय-प्रश्नः (Inquiry into the means to overcome Bhīṣma) | Chapter 103

Devanagari script

बहवश्न महाराज तस्य नादेन भीषिता: । प्रियान्‌ प्राणान्‌ परित्यज्य निपेतुर्धरणीतले

Transliteration

bahavaś ca mahārāja tasya nādena bhīṣitāḥ | priyān prāṇān parityajya nipetur dharaṇītale ||

Translation

Wahai Maharaja! Banyak prajurit, gentar oleh raungan itu, meninggalkan nyawa yang mereka sayangi dan rebah ke tanah.

Word by Word

• बहवः: many
• बहवः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

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

• तस्य: of him/its
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• नादेन: by the sound/roar
• नादेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाद
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• भीषिताः: frightened/terrified
• भीषिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीषित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रियान्: dear
• प्रियान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• प्राणान्: lives/breaths
• प्राणान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• परित्यज्य: having abandoned
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-त्यज्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Active

• निपेतुः: fell down
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-पत्
• Form: Liṭ (Perfect), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• धरणीतले: on the surface of the earth/ground
• धरणीतले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरणीतल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'mahārāja')
• dharaṇī (earth/ground)
• nāda (roar/sound)