Shloka 11

भीष्मस्य अप्रतिमपराक्रमः — शिखण्डिपुरस्कृतः प्रहारः

Bhīṣma’s unmatched momentum and the assault with Śikhaṇḍin in the lead

Devanagari script

तथैव नकुलं शूरं किरन्तं सायकान्‌ बहून्‌

Transliteration

tathaiva nakulaṃ śūraṃ kirantaṃ sāyakān bahūn

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: “Demikian juga Nakula, pahlawan yang gagah, kelihatan menghujani medan dengan panah yang banyak, meneruskan pertukaran anak panah yang sengit di gelanggang perang.”

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in the same way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

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

• नकुलम्: Nakula
• नकुलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नकुल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शूरम्: heroic, brave
• शूरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शूर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• किरन्तम्: scattering, showering
• किरन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: कॄ (किरति)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)

• सायकान्: arrows
• सायकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सायक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• बहून्: many
• बहून्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Nakula
• arrows (sāyaka)