Shloka 4

Adhyāya 112: Bhīṣma-prati Arjunasya Pravṛttiḥ

Arjuna’s Forward Drive Toward Bhīṣma

Devanagari script

न मृष्यामि रणे भीष्म प्रत्युद्यातं शिखण्डिना । कच्चिन्न रथभड्ढो5स्य धरनुर्वाशीर्यतास्यत:,रणक्षेत्रमें शिखण्डीने भीष्मपर आक्रमण किया, यह मुझसे सहन नहीं हो रहा है। कहीं उनका रथ तो नहीं टूट गया था अथवा बाणोंका प्रहार करते-करते उनके धनुषके टुकड़े- टुकड़े तो नहीं हो गये थे?

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | na mṛṣyāmi raṇe bhīṣma pratyudyātaṃ śikhaṇḍinā | kaccin na rathabhaṅgo 'sya dhanuḥ vā śīryatāsyataḥ ||

Translation

Sanjaya said: “I cannot bear it, O Bhishma, that Shikhandin has advanced against you in battle. Tell me—was his chariot not shattered, or did his bow not splinter into pieces as he kept shooting?”

Word by Word

नnot

मृष्यामिI endure / I tolerate

रणेin battle

भीष्मO Bhishma

प्रत्युद्यातम्the (one) who has come forth/advanced against (you) / the advancing (attack)

शिखण्डिनाby Shikhandin

कच्चित्surely? / I hope / is it the case that...?

नnot

रथःchariot

भङ्गःbreaking / destruction

अस्यof him / his

धनुःbow

वाor

अशीर्यतwas shattered / broke apart

अस्यतःof (him) shooting / while he was shooting

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Bhishma

Shikhandin

chariot (ratha)

bow (dhanuḥ)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes