Shloka 9

Ghaṭotkaca Slays Alāyudha (Night Battle and Māyā Countermeasures) / घटोत्कचेन अलायुधवधः

Devanagari script

य॑ पुंसां त्रिषु लोकेषु सर्वशूरममंस्महि । तस्मिन्‌ निपतिते शूरे कि शेषं पर्युपास्महे,हमलोग जिन्हें तीनों लोकोंके पुरुषोंमें सबसे अधिक शूरवीर मानते थे, उन शौर्यसम्पन्न भीष्मके मारे जानेपर हम दूसरोंका क्या भरोसा करें?

Transliteration

yaṁ puṁsāṁ triṣu lokeṣu sarvaśūram amaṁsmahi | tasmin nipatite śūre kiṁ śeṣaṁ paryupāsmahe ||

Translation

Sanjaya said: “He whom we deemed the most heroic of all men in the three worlds—when that mighty warrior has fallen, what reliance can we place on anyone else who remains?”

Word by Word

येwhom

पुंसाम्of men

त्रिषुin three

लोकेषुworlds

सर्वशूरम्the most heroic (all-hero)

अमंस्महिwe thought/considered

तस्मिन्when/while he (in him/that)

निपतितेfallen (when he had fallen)

शूरेin the hero / when the hero

किम्what

शेषम्the remainder / what is left

परिaround; (as prefix) fully

उपास्महेshall we rely on / attend to / resort to

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sanjaya

Bhishma

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes