Shloka 77

भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय ११०: पार्थभीमयोः प्रहारः तथा भीष्माभिमुखं संग्रामविस्तारः

Arjuna and Bhima’s pressure; escalation toward Bhishma

Devanagari script

ततो मां न्यस्तशस्त्र तु एते हन्युर्महारथा: । निक्षिप्तशस्त्रे पतिते विमुक्तकवचध्वजे

Transliteration

tato māṁ nyastaśastraṁ tu ete hanyur mahārathāḥ | nikṣiptaśastre patite vimuktakavacadhvaje

Translation

Then those great chariot-warriors would strike me down—when I had laid aside my weapons, when my arms were cast away and I had fallen, with my armor loosened and my banner lowered. The line underscores the moral ugliness of killing a warrior who has become defenseless, even amid the fury of war.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: common, accusative, singular

• न्यस्त-शस्त्रम्: having laid down (my) weapons; weapon-laid-down
• न्यस्त-शस्त्रम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: न्यस्तशस्त्र
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

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

• एते: these (men)
• एते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• हन्युः: might/would kill
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: optative (vidhiliṅ), third, plural, parasmaipada

• महा-रथाः: great chariot-warriors
• महा-रथाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• निक्षिप्त-शस्त्रे: when (I am) with weapons cast away
• निक्षिप्त-शस्त्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निक्षिप्तशस्त्र
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• पतिते: when (I am) fallen
• पतिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पतित
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• विमुक्त-कवच-ध्वजे: when (I am) with armor and banner removed/lost
• विमुक्त-कवच-ध्वजे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमुक्तकवचध्वज
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• mahārathāḥ (great chariot-warriors)
• śastra (weapons)
• kavaca (armor)
• dhvaja (banner/standard)