Shloka 11

भीष्मरथाभिमुख्यं — Arjuna’s advance with Śikhaṇḍin; Duḥśāsana’s interception

Devanagari script

महाराज! उनके सायकोंसे अत्यन्त घायल होनेके कारण वे रक्तप्रवाहसे नहा उठे और वसन्तऋतुमें पुष्पोंसे भरे हुए रक्ताशोककी भाँति शोभा पाने लगे ।।

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | mahārāja! teṣāṃ sāyakair atyanta-ghātatvāt te rudhira-pravāhena snātā iva babhūvuḥ, vasantar̥tau puṣpa-bharita-raktāśoka iva śobhāṃ lebhire || tān pratyavidhyad gāṅgeyaḥ sa-tribhis tribhir ajihmagaiḥ | drupadasya ca bhallena dhanuś ciccheda mārīṣa ||

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「大王よ、あの矢にひどく射抜かれたため、彼らは血の流れに身を浸したかのようで、春に花を満載した赤きアショーカ樹のごとく輝いて見えた。するとガンガーの子ビーシュマは、各々を真っ直ぐ飛ぶ矢三本ずつで貫き、さらに幅広の鏃の矢でドルパダの弓を断ち切った。」

Word by Word

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• प्रत्यविध्यत्: pierced, struck
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• गाङ्गेयः: Gāṅgeya (Bhīṣma)
• गाङ्गेयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गाङ्गेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्रिभिः: with three
• त्रिभिः: Karana
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• त्रिभिः: with three (each)
• त्रिभिः: Karana
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• अजिह्मगैः: going straight (un-crooked)
• अजिह्मगैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अजिह्मग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• द्रुपदस्य: of Drupada
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रुपद
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• भल्लेन: with a bhalla-arrow
• भल्लेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भल्ल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

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

• चिच्छेद: cut, severed
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मारिष: O sir (honorific)
• Type: Noun (vocative title)
• Root: मारिष
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by address mahārāja)
• Bhīṣma (Gāṅgeya, Gaṅgānandana)
• Drupada
• arrows (sāyaka, bhalla)
• bow (dhanuḥ)
• red aśoka tree (raktāśoka)
• spring season (vasanta-ṛtu)