Shloka 9

भीष्म–रामजामदग्न्ययुद्धप्रस्थानवर्णनम्

Bhishma’s Account of Parashurama’s Challenge and the March to Kurukshetra

Devanagari script

ततस्त्वस्त्राणि दिव्यानि जामदग्न्य: प्रतापवान्‌ । मयि प्रयोजयामास तान्यहं प्रत्यषेधयम्‌

Transliteration

tatastv astrāṇi divyāni jāmadagnyaḥ pratāpavān | mayi prayojayāmāsa tāny ahaṃ praty-aṣedhayam ||

Translation

त्यानंतर प्रतापी जमदग्नीपुत्र परशुरामाने माझ्यावर दिव्य अस्त्रे सोडली; पण मी ती सर्व रोखून निष्फळ केली.

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from there/then')

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु
• Form: Avyaya (particle)

• अस्त्राणि: weapons (missiles)
• अस्त्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• दिव्यानि: divine
• दिव्यानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural (agreeing with अस्त्राणि)

• जामदग्न्यः: Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma)
• जामदग्न्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जामदग्न्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रतापवान्: mighty/valorous
• प्रतापवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतापवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular (agreeing with जामदग्न्यः)

• मयि: on/against me
• मयि: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: First person pronoun, Locative, Singular

• प्रयोजयामास: he employed/used
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-युज्
• Form: Perfect (periphrastic), 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तानि: those (weapons)
• तानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural (referring to अस्त्राणि)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: First person pronoun, Nominative, Singular

• प्रत्यषेधयम्: I warded off/repelled
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-षिध्
• Form: Imperfect, 1st person, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma)
• divyāni astrāṇi (divine weapons)