Shloka 7

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 165 — Bhīṣma’s Appraisal and Karṇa’s Rebuttal (भीष्म–कर्ण विवादः)

Devanagari script

एतौ तौ पुरुषव्याप्रौ रिपुसैन्यं प्रधक्ष्यतः । गदाप्रासासिनाराचैस्तोमरैश्व करच्युतै:,ये दोनों पुरुषसिंह अपने हाथसे छूटे हुए गदा, प्रास, खड़्ग, नाराच तथा तोमरोंद्वारा शत्रुसेनाको दग्ध कर डालेंगे

Transliteration

etau tau puruṣavyāghrau ripusainyaṃ pradhakṣyataḥ | gadāprāsāsinārācais tomaraiś ca karacyutaiḥ ||

Translation

ビーシュマは言った。「この二人の虎のごとき勇士は、手から投げ放つ武器――棍棒、槍、剣、鉄の矢、投げ槍――によって敵軍を焼き尽くすであろう。」

Word by Word

• एतौ: these two
• एतौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• तौ: those two (indeed)
• तौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• पुरुषव्याप्रौ: two tiger-like men / man-lions
• पुरुषव्याप्रौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष-व्याघ्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• रिपुसैन्यम्: the enemy army
• रिपुसैन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रिपु-सैन्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रधक्ष्यतः: will burn up / will scorch
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-धक्ष्
• Form: Simple Future (Lṛṭ), Third, Dual

• गदा: with a mace
• गदा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• प्रास: with a spear
• प्रास: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रास
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• असि: with a sword
• असि: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: असि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• नाराचैः: with iron arrows
• नाराचैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाराच
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• तोमरैः: with javelins
• तोमरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोमर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

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

• करच्युतैः: with (weapons) fallen from the hand / hurled by hand
• करच्युतैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर-च्युत
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• two heroes (unspecified in this verse)
• enemy army (ripu-sainya)
• gadā
• prāsa
• asi
• nārāca
• tomara