Shloka 111

Adhyāya 141 — Night duels: Śaineya and Bhūriśravas; Droṇi and Ghaṭotkaca; Bhīma and Duryodhana

Devanagari script

प्रमुखे वृष्णिसिंहस्य पार्थस्य च महात्मन: । ततो राजन्‌ शिलाधौतान्‌ शरान्‌ शाखामृगध्वज:

Transliteration

pramukhe vṛṣṇisiṁhasya pārthasya ca mahātmanaḥ | tato rājan śilādhautān śarān śākhāmṛgadhvajaḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: “In the very forefront, before the lion among the Vṛṣṇis and the great-souled Pārtha, then, O King, Śākhāmṛgadhvaja discharged arrows that were as if whetted on stone.”

Word by Word

• प्रमुखे: in front / at the forefront
• प्रमुखे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रमुख
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वृष्णिसिंहस्य: of the lion among the Vṛṣṇis (Kṛṣṇa)
• वृष्णिसिंहस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्णिसिंह
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पार्थस्य: of Pārtha (Arjuna)
• पार्थस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled
• महात्मनः: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• ततः: then / thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

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

• शिलाधौतान्: stone-polished / whetted on stone
• शिलाधौतान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिलाधौत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• शरान्: arrows
• शरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• शाखामृगध्वजः: the one whose banner bears a monkey on a branch (Arjuna)
• शाखामृगध्वजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाखामृगध्वज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Kṛṣṇa (Vṛṣṇisiṁha)
• Arjuna (Pārtha)
• Śākhāmṛgadhvaja (epithet of a warrior)
• arrows (śara)