Shloka 11

भीष्मवधाय प्रयाणम् — The Advance toward Bhīṣma and Counter-Engagements

Devanagari script

भृशं क्रुद्धश्न तेजस्वी नाराचेन समार्पयत्‌ चित्रसेनं महाराज तव पुत्रं महायशा:,नरेश्वर! महायशस्वी और तेजस्वी भीमसेन अत्यन्त क्रोधमें भरे हुए थे। उन्होंने आपके पुत्र चित्रसेनपर एक नाराचके द्वारा प्रहार किया

Transliteration

bhṛśaṁ kruddhaś ca tejasvī nārācena samārpayat | citrasenaṁ mahārāja tava putraṁ mahāyaśāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Greatly enraged yet radiant with prowess, the illustrious Bhīmasena struck your son Citrasena, O King, with a nārāca arrow—an act that intensifies the moral tension of kin-slaying amid the inexorable duties of war.

Word by Word

• भृशम्: excessively, greatly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृश

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• क्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुध्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तेजस्वी: radiant, powerful
• तेजस्वी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तेजस्विन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नाराचेन: with an iron arrow (nārāca)
• नाराचेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाराच
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• समार्पयत्: he struck/aimed, he delivered (a blow)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-र्प्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

• चित्रसेनम्: Chitrasena
• चित्रसेनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्रसेन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• तव: of you, your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• पुत्रम्: son
• पुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महायशाः: highly renowned
• महायशाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महायशस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Bhīmasena
• Citrasena
• nārāca (arrow)