Mahabharata — Bhishma Parva, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

शिखण्डिनं पुरस्कृत्य पाण्डवं च धनंजयम्‌ । भीष्मस्य पातने यत्नं परमं ते समास्थिता:

Transliteration

śikhaṇḍinaṃ puraskṛtya pāṇḍavaṃ ca dhanañjayam | bhīṣmasya pātane yatnaṃ paramaṃ te samāsthitāḥ ||

Translation

ਸੰਜਯ ਬੋਲਿਆ—“ਸ਼ਿਖੰਡੀ ਨੂੰ ਅੱਗੇ ਰੱਖ ਕੇ ਅਤੇ ਪਾਂਡਵ ਧਨੰਜਯ (ਅਰਜੁਨ) ਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਅਗੇ ਕਰ ਕੇ, ਉਹ ਭੀਸ਼ਮ ਦੇ ਪਤਨ ਲਈ ਪਰਮ ਯਤਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਜੁਟ ਗਏ।”

Word by Word

• शिखण्डिनम्: Shikhandin (as object/one put in front)
• शिखण्डिनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिखण्डिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पुरस्कृत्य: having placed in front / having put forward
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरस् + कृ
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• पाण्डवम्: the Pandava (Arjuna)
• पाण्डवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• धनंजयम्: Dhananjaya (Arjuna)
• धनंजयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनंजय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भीष्मस्य: of Bhishma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पातने: in the bringing down / in the felling
• पातने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• यत्नम्: effort
• यत्नम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यत्न
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• परमम्: supreme / utmost
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• समास्थिताः: stood engaged / took up (were intent on)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + स्था
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used predicatively), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Śikhaṇḍin
• Pāṇḍava
• Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
• Bhīṣma