Shloka 20

भीष्म–जामदग्न्यसंवादः (Amba-prasaṅga and Kurukṣetra Dvandva Declaration) / Bhishma–Jamadagnya Dialogue

Devanagari script

स मे तस्मिन्‌ रणे पूर्व प्राहरत्‌ कड्कपत्रिभि: | षष्ट्या शतैश्ष नवभि: शराणां नतपर्वणाम्‌,उस रणभूमिमें उन्होंने ही पहले मेरे ऊपर गीधकी पाँखोंसे सुशोभित तथा मुड़े हुए पर्ववाले नौ सौ साठ बाणोंद्वारा प्रहार किया

Transliteration

sa me tasmin raṇe pūrvaṁ prāharat kaṅkapatribhiḥ | ṣaṣṭyā śataiś ca navabhiḥ śarāṇāṁ nataparvaṇām ||

Translation

त्या रणभूमीत त्यांनीच प्रथम माझ्यावर गिधाडाच्या पिसांनी शोभित व वाकलेल्या पर्वांचे नऊशे साठ बाण सोडून प्रहार केला.

Word by Word

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

• मे: to me / against me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• पूर्वम्: first / earlier
• पूर्वम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व

• प्राहरत्: struck / attacked
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-हृ
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कङ्कपत्रिभिः: with (arrows) having vulture-feathers
• कङ्कपत्रिभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कङ्कपत्रिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• षष्ट्या: by sixty
• षष्ट्या: Karana
• Type: Numeral
• Root: षष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• शतैः: by hundreds
• शतैः: Karana
• Type: Numeral
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

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

• नवभिः: by nine
• नवभिः: Karana
• Type: Numeral
• Root: नवन्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• शराणाम्: of arrows
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• नतपर्वणाम्: of (arrows) having bent joints/knots
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नतपर्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

राम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Rama
• battlefield (raṇa-bhūmi)