Shloka 34

भीष्मस्य अप्रतिमपराक्रमः — शिखण्डिपुरस्कृतः प्रहारः

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

Devanagari script

दुःशासनस्सत्रिभि: क्रुद्धः पार्थ विव्याध पत्रिभि: | ललाटे भरतश्रेष्ठ शरै: संनतपर्वभि:,भरतश्रेष्ठ) तब दुःशासनने कुपित होकर अर्जुनके ललाटमें झुकी हुई गाँठवाले तीन पंखयुक्त बाण मारे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | duḥśāsanaḥ sa-tribhiḥ kruddhaḥ pārthaṃ vivyādha patribhiḥ | lalāṭe bharataśreṣṭha śaraiḥ saṃnata-parvabhiḥ ||

Translation

ਸੰਜਯ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ—ਹੇ ਭਰਤਸ਼੍ਰੇਸ਼ਠ! ਤਦ ਕ੍ਰੋਧਿਤ ਦੁਸ਼ਾਸਨ ਨੇ ਪਾਰਥ (ਅਰਜੁਨ) ਦੇ ਮੱਥੇ ਉੱਤੇ, ਹੇਠਾਂ ਵੱਲ ਝੁਕੇ ਗੰਢਾਂ ਵਾਲੇ, ਪਰਾਂ ਵਾਲੇ ਤਿੰਨ ਤੀਰ ਮਾਰ ਕੇ ਵਿੰਨ੍ਹ ਦਿੱਤਾ।

Word by Word

• दुःशासनः: Duhshasana
• दुःशासनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःशासन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्रिभिः: with three
• त्रिभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• क्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुध्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पार्थ: O Partha (Arjuna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• विव्याध: pierced / struck
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पत्रिभिः: with feathered (arrows)
• पत्रिभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पत्रिन्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• ललाटे: on the forehead
• ललाटे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ललाट
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भरतश्रेष्ठ: O best of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतश्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• संनतपर्वभिः: with (arrows) having bent joints/knots
• संनतपर्वभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संनतपर्वन्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duḥśāsana
• Arjuna (Pārtha)
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by vocative bharataśreṣṭha)
• three feathered arrows
• forehead (lalāṭa)