Shloka 38

भीष्मवधोपाय-प्रश्नः (Inquiry into the means to overcome Bhīṣma) | Chapter 103

Devanagari script

वीर्यवद्धिस्ततस्तैस्तु पीडितो राक्षसोत्तम: । यथा युगक्षये घोरे चन्द्रमा: पञ्चभिरग्रहै:

Transliteration

vīryavaddhis tatais tu pīḍito rākṣasottamaḥ | yathā yugakṣaye ghore candramāḥ pañcabhir agrahaiḥ ||

Translation

സഞ്ജയൻ പറഞ്ഞു—അങ്ങനെ ആ വീര്യവാന്മാരായ യോദ്ധാക്കൾ തുടർച്ചയായി ആക്രമിച്ച് കഠിനമായി അമർത്തിയപ്പോൾ, രാക്ഷസോത്തമൻ പൂർണ്ണമായി കീഴടക്കപ്പെട്ടു; ഭയങ്കര യുഗാന്തത്തിൽ ചന്ദ്രൻ അഞ്ചു ഗ്രഹങ്ങളാൽ ഗ്രസ്തനായി പീഡിക്കപ്പെടുന്നതുപോലെ.

Word by Word

• वीर्यवत्: possessing valor/energy
• वीर्यवत्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर्यवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• ततस्तैः: by those
• ततस्तैः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तत्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• तु: but/and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• पीडितः: pressed/afflicted
• Type: Verb
• Root: पीड्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Passive (participial)

• राक्षस-उत्तमः: the best of the Rakshasas
• राक्षस-उत्तमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस + उत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यथा: as/just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• युग-क्षये: at the end of an age (yuga)
• युग-क्षये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग + क्षय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• घोरे: terrible/dreadful
• घोरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• चन्द्रमाः: the moon
• चन्द्रमाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्रमस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पञ्चभिः: by five
• पञ्चभिः: Karana
• Type: Numeral
• Root: पञ्चन्
• Form: Instrumental, Plural, All (numeral)

• ग्रहैः: by planets/seizers
• ग्रहैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रह
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• rākṣasottama (a foremost Rākṣasa)
• candramā (the Moon)
• graha (the five grahas)