Shloka 85

Devanagari script

निपातयत गृह्नीत युध्यध्वमवकृन्तत । इत्यासीत्‌ तुमुलः शब्दो राजन्‌ भीष्मरथं प्रति,राजन्‌! उस समय भीष्मके रथके समीप “मार गिराओ, पकड़ लो, युद्ध करो, टुकड़े- टुकड़े कर डालो” इत्यादि भयंकर शब्द गूँज रहे थे

Transliteration

nipātayata gṛhṇīta yudhyadhvam avakṛntata | ity āsīt tumulaḥ śabdo rājan bhīṣma-rathaṃ prati ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Strike him down! Seize him! Fight! Hack him to pieces!”—such tumultuous and terrifying cries resounded, O King, around Bhīṣma’s chariot. The scene conveys the war’s moral collapse into frenzy, where the heat of battle drives men from measured duty into violent clamor directed at a single, formidable elder-warrior.

Word by Word

• निपातयत: throw down, fell (him/them)!
• निपातयत: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: निपातय् (√पत् caus.)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यम, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• गृह्णीत: seize, capture!
• गृह्णीत: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यम, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• युध्यध्वम्: fight!
• युध्यध्वम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध्
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यम, बहुवचन, आत्मनेपद

• अवकृन्तत: cut down, hack to pieces!
• अवकृन्तत: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: अवकृन्त् (ava + √कृत्/कृन्त्)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यम, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• आसीत्: there was
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: लङ् (imperfect), प्रथम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• तुमुलः: tumultuous, dreadful
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुमुल
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• शब्दः: sound, cry
• शब्दः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शब्द
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• भीष्मरथम्: Bhishma's chariot
• भीष्मरथम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म-रथ
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्रति: towards, against, near
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Bhīṣma
• Bhīṣma’s chariot