Shloka 13

भीष्मस्य शरशय्या-प्राप्तिः

Bhīṣma’s Fall to the Arrow-Bed

Devanagari script

ततः पपात सहसा महोल्केव हतप्रभा,तब वह शक्ति प्रभाहीन हुई बहुत बड़ी उल्काके समान सहसा भूमिपर गिर पड़ी। प्रजानाथ! भगदत्तकी शक्तिको नष्ट हुई देख आपके पुत्रने विशाल रथसेनाके साथ आकर सात्यकिको रोका

Transliteration

tataḥ papāta sahasā maholkeva hataprabhā | prajānātha! bhagadattasya śaktiṃ naṣṭāṃ dṛṣṭvā tava putro viśāla-ratha-senayā saha āgatya sātyakiṃ aroddhīt ||

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: Lalu senjata itu, cahayanya tiba-tiba padam, jatuh serta-merta ke bumi bagaikan meteor yang besar. Wahai tuan manusia! Melihat śakti Bhagadatta telah dilenyapkan dayanya, puteramu mara dengan angkatan kereta perang yang luas lalu menahan Sātyaki.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततस्
• Form: avyaya

• पपात: fell
• पपात: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत्
• Form: lakara: लिट् (perfect); pada: परस्मैपद; person: 3; number: singular

• सहसा: suddenly
• सहसा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा
• Form: avyaya

• महा: great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: gender: feminine; case: nominative; number: singular (as first member in compound; agrees with उल्का)

• उल्का: meteor, firebrand
• Type: Noun
• Root: उल्का
• Form: gender: feminine; case: nominative; number: singular

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव
• Form: avyaya

• हत: struck, destroyed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन्
• Form: past passive participle; gender: feminine; case: nominative; number: singular (qualifying प्रभा/प्रभा-युक्ता)

• प्रभा: splendour, radiance
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभा
• Form: gender: feminine; case: nominative; number: singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Prajānātha (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• Bhagadatta
• Śakti (weapon)
• Sātyaki
• tava putra (Duryodhana)
• mahā-ulkā (meteor-like object)