Shloka 20

Adhyāya 107 — बहुयुद्धप्रकरणम्

Multiple Defensive Engagements to Protect Bhīṣma

Devanagari script

चित्रसेनं त्रिभिर्बाणैविव्याध समरे भृशम्‌ । समागतोौ तौ तु रणे महामात्रौ व्यरोचताम्‌

Transliteration

citrāsenaṃ tribhir bāṇair vivyādha samare bhṛśam | samāgatau tau tu raṇe mahāmātrau vyarocatām ||

Translation

സമരത്തിൽ അവൻ ചിത്രസേനനെ മൂന്നു അമ്പുകളാൽ കഠിനമായി വേദിച്ചു. റണത്തിൽ ആ രണ്ടു മഹായോദ്ധാക്കൾ ഏറ്റുമുട്ടിയപ്പോൾ യുദ്ധഭൂമിയിൽ അവർ ഇരുവരും ദീപ്തരായി തെളിഞ്ഞു।

Word by Word

• चित्रसेनम्: Chitrasena (proper name), as the object
• चित्रसेनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्रसेन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• बाणैः: with arrows
• बाणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• विव्याध: pierced, struck
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• भृशम्: greatly, fiercely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृशम्

• समागतौ: having come together, met
• समागतौ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-गम्
• Form: Past active participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Dual

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

• तु: but, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• महामात्रौ: the two great warriors/commanders
• महामात्रौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामात्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• व्यरोचताम्: shone forth, appeared splendid
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-रुच्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Dual, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Citrāsena
• arrows