Shloka 11

भीष्मस्य शरशय्या-प्राप्तिः

Bhīṣma’s Fall to the Arrow-Bed

Devanagari script

सो<5तिविद्धो महेष्वास: सृक्किणी परिसंलिहन्‌ | शक्ति कनकवैदूर्यभूषितामायसीं दृढाम्‌

Transliteration

so 'tividdho maheṣvāsaḥ sṛkkīṇī parisaṃlihan | śaktiṃ kanakavaidūryabhūṣitām āyasīṃ dṛḍhām

Translation

ಅತಿವಿದ್ಧನಾಗಿ ನೋವಿನಿಂದಲೂ ಆ ಮಹಾಧನುರ್ಧರನು ತುಟಿಗಳ ಮೂಲೆಗಳನ್ನು ನಕ್ಕು, ಕನಕ-ವೈದೂರ್ಯಗಳಿಂದ ಅಲಂಕರಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟ ದೃಢವಾದ ಕಬ್ಬಿಣದ ಶಕ್ತಿಯನ್ನು ಹಿಡಿದನು.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अतिविद्धः: pierced through, grievously wounded
• अतिविद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतिविद्ध (वि + व्यध्, क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महेष्वासः: great archer
• महेष्वासः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेष्वास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सृक्किणी: the two corners of the mouth
• सृक्किणी: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सृक्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Dual

• परिसंलिहन्: licking all around
• परिसंलिहन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + सम् + लिह्
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शक्तिम्: a spear, lance
• शक्तिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• कनकवैदूर्यभूषिताम्: adorned with gold and vaidūrya (cat's-eye gem)
• कनकवैदूर्यभूषिताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कनक-वैदूर्य-भूषित (भूष्, क्त)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• आयसीम्: made of iron
• आयसीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आयस
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• दृढाम्: firm, strong
• दृढाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृढ
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• śakti (spear/javelin)
• kanaka (gold)
• vaidūrya (cat’s-eye gem)