Shloka 22

भीष्मशिबिरगमनम् — Duryodhana’s Visit to Bhīṣma’s Camp and the Command Appeal

Devanagari script

तथैव तावका राजन्‌ समेत्यान्योन्यमाहवे । परस्परवध॑ घोर चक्रुस्ते हपसादिन:,राजन! इसी प्रकार आपके और पाण्डवोंके घुड़-सवार युद्धमें एक-दूसरेसे भिड़कर आपसमें भयंकर मार-काट करते थे

Transliteration

tathaiva tāvakā rājan sametyānyonyam āhave | parasparavadhaṁ ghoraṁ cakrus te hayasādinaḥ ||

Translation

രാജാവേ! അതുപോലെ തന്നെ നിങ്ങളുടെ സൈന്യവും പാണ്ഡവസൈന്യവും യുദ്ധത്തിൽ പരസ്പരം ഏറ്റുമുട്ടി; അശ്വാരോഹികൾ ഒരുമേൽ ഒരുമിറങ്ങി ഭയങ്കരമായ പരസ്പരവധം നടത്തി.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• तावकाः: your men (Kauravas)
• तावकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तावक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• समेत्य: having come together, meeting
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-इ
• Form: Lyap (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• अन्योन्यम्: each other, mutually
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्योन्य

• आहवे: in battle
• आहवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• परस्पर-वधम्: mutual slaughter
• परस्पर-वधम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: परस्परवध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• घोरम्: terrible
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• चक्रुः: they did, they made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• ते: they, those
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• हय-प्रसादिनः: horsemen (mounted warriors)
• हय-प्रसादिनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हयप्रसादिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (addressed as rājan)
• Kauravas (tāvakāḥ)
• Pāṇḍavas
• horsemen (hayasādinaḥ)
• battlefield (āhava)