Shloka 5

भीष्मस्य शरशय्या-प्राप्तिः

Bhīṣma’s Fall to the Arrow-Bed

Devanagari script

ततो रक्षो महाबाहुं सात्यकिं सत्यविक्रमम्‌ । विव्याध विशिखैस्ती क्ष्पै: सिंहनादं ननाद च

Transliteration

tato rakṣo mahābāhuṃ sātyakiṃ satyavikramam | vivyādha viśikhaiḥ tīkṣṇaiḥ siṃhanādaṃ nanāda ca ||

Translation

ਫਿਰ ਉਸ ਰਾਖਸ਼ਸ ਨੇ ਸੱਚੇ ਪਰਾਕ੍ਰਮ ਵਾਲੇ ਮਹਾਬਾਹੁ ਸਾਤ੍ਯਕੀ ਨੂੰ ਤਿੱਖੇ ਤੀਰਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਵਿੰਨ੍ਹ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਅਤੇ ਸਿੰਹਨਾਦ ਵਰਗੀ ਗੱਜਣਾ ਵੀ ਕੀਤੀ।

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• रक्षः: the rākṣasa (demon)
• रक्षः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• महाबाहुम्: the mighty-armed (one)
• महाबाहुम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबाहु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सात्यकिम्: Sātyaki
• सात्यकिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सात्यकि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सत्यविक्रमम्: of true valor
• सत्यविक्रमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्यविक्रम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विव्याध: pierced, struck
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• विशिखैः: with arrows
• विशिखैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशिख
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• तीक्ष्णैः: sharp
• तीक्ष्णैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीक्ष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सिंहनादम्: a lion-roar
• सिंहनादम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंहनाद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ननाद: roared, sounded
• Type: Verb
• Root: नद्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

Speaker

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Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Sātyaki (Yuyudhāna)
• rākṣasa (unnamed warrior)
• arrows (viśikha)
• lion-roar/battle-cry (siṃhanāda)