Shloka 6

Devanagari script

पार्षतेन परामृष्टं ज्वलन्तमिव तद्‌ धनु: । अन्तकालमनुप्राप्तं मेनिरे वीक्ष्य सैनिका:,धृष्टद्युम्नके हाथमें आये हुए उस प्रज्वलित अग्निके सदृश तेजस्वी धनुषको देखकर सब सैनिक यह समझने लगे कि “मेरा अन्तकाल आ पहुँचा है”

Transliteration

pārṣatena parāmṛṣṭaṃ jvalantam iva tad dhanuḥ | antakālam anuprāptaṃ menire vīkṣya sainikāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: When the soldiers saw that bow—seized by Pārṣata (Dhṛṣṭadyumna)—blazing as if on fire, they took it as a sign that their final hour had arrived.

Word by Word

• पार्षतेन: by the son of Prishata (Dhrishtadyumna)
• पार्षतेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्षत
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• परामृष्टम्: seized/handled
• परामृष्टम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: परामृश्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ज्वलन्तम्: blazing
• ज्वलन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्वल्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• धनुः: bow
• धनुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अन्तकालम्: the time of death/last moment
• अन्तकालम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तकाल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अनुप्राप्तम्: arrived/come upon (having reached)
• अनुप्राप्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-प्राप्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मेनिरे: they thought/considered
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्
• Form: लिट् (perfect), Ātmanepada, Third, Plural

• वीक्ष्य: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: वीक्ष्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada sense

• सैनिकाः: soldiers
• सैनिकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैनिक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• पार्षत / धृष्टद्युम्न (Pārṣata / Dhṛṣṭadyumna)
• धनुः (bow)
• सैनिकाः (soldiers)