Shloka 38

Bhūriśravas–Sātyaki Saṃvāda and Duel; Arjuna’s Intervention (भूरिश्रवाः–सात्यकि संवादः, युद्धम्, अर्जुन-हस्तक्षेपः)

Devanagari script

सात्यकिं छिन्नथन्वानं प्रहसन्निव भारत

Transliteration

sātyakiṃ chinnathanvānaṃ prahasann iva bhārata

Translation

Sañjaya said: O Bhārata, Sātyaki—his bow cut—appeared as though he were laughing, meeting the crisis with fearless composure amid the violence of war.

Word by Word

• सात्यकिम्: Sātyaki (as object)
• सात्यकिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सात्यकि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• छिन्नथन्वानम्: whose bow is cut / bow-cut
• छिन्नथन्वानम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छिन्न-धन्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रहसन्: laughing, smiling
• प्रहसन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-हस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: as if, like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• भारत: O Bhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Sātyaki
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by the vocative Bhārata)