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Shloka 85

गौरुडव्यूह-रचना तथा अर्धचन्द्र-प्रत्यव्यूह

Garuḍa Array and the Ardhacandra Counter-Formation

अपतत्‌ सहसा राजन्‌ महोल्केव नभस्तलात्‌

apatat sahasā rājan maholkeva nabhastalāt | aṣṭabhir navabhir bhīṣmaḥ śaktiṃ ciccheda patribhiḥ ||

ਸੰਜਯ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ—ਹੇ ਰਾਜਨ! ਉਹ ਸ਼ਕਤੀ ਆਕਾਸ਼ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਡੇ ਉਲਕਾਪਿੰਡ ਵਾਂਗ ਅਚਾਨਕ ਡਿੱਗ ਪਈ। ਅੰਤਰਿਕਸ਼ ਵਿੱਚ ਜਿਵੇਂ ਲਪਟਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਘਿਰੀ ਹੋਈ ਉਹ ਦਹਕਦੀ ਸ਼ਕਤੀ ਵੇਖ ਕੇ ਵੀ ਤੇਰੇ ਪਿਤਾ ਦੇਵਵ੍ਰਤ (ਭੀਸ਼ਮ) ਰਤਾ ਭਰ ਨਾ ਡਿਗੇ; ਅੱਠ ਜਾਂ ਨੌਂ ਤੀਰਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਟੁਕੜੇ ਟੁਕੜੇ ਕਰ ਦਿੱਤਾ।

अपतत्fell
अपतत्:
TypeVerb
Rootपत् (पतति)
Formलङ् (Imperfect), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada
सहसाsuddenly
सहसा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसहसा
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
महाgreat (as/like)
महा:
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
उल्काmeteor, fireball
उल्का:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootउल्का
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
इवlike, as
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
नभः-तलात्from the surface of the sky
नभः-तलात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootनभस् + तल
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
अष्टभिःwith eight
अष्टभिः:
TypeNumeral
Rootअष्टन्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
नवभिःwith nine
नवभिः:
TypeNumeral
Rootनवन्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
भ्रीःfear, agitation
भ्रीः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभ्री (भ्रि)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
भीष्मःBhishma
भीष्मः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभीष्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
शक्तिम्the spear (weapon)
शक्तिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशक्ति
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
चिच्छेदcut, severed
चिच्छेद:
TypeVerb
Rootछिद् (छिनत्ति)
Formलिट् (Perfect), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada
पत्रिभिःwith arrows
पत्रिभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपत्रिन्
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
D
Dhṛtarāṣṭra
B
Bhīṣma (Devavrata)
Ś
śakti (spear/javelin weapon)
S
sky/firmament (nabhas)

Educational Q&A

Steadiness under sudden danger is presented as a mark of kṣatriya-dharma: Bhīṣma’s lack of panic and his precise response show disciplined courage and mastery, where fear is subordinated to duty and trained skill.

A blazing spear-like missile drops from the sky like a meteor. Bhīṣma, unshaken, counters immediately by shooting eight or nine arrows that slice the incoming weapon into pieces before it can strike.