Shloka 8

भीष्मधनंजयद्वैरथम्

Bhīṣma–Dhanaṃjaya Duel and the Opening Clash

Devanagari script

सौभटद्रे भीमसेने च सात्यकौ च महारथे । कैकेये च विराटे च धृष्टद्युम्ने च पार्षते

Transliteration

saubhadre bhīmasene ca sātyakau ca mahārathe | kaikeye ca virāṭe ca dhṛṣṭadyumne ca pārṣate ||

Translation

ਭੀਸ਼ਮ ਨੇ ਸੌਭਦ੍ਰ (ਅਭਿਮਨ੍ਯੂ), ਭੀਮਸੇਨ, ਮਹਾਰਥੀ ਸਾਤ੍ਯਕੀ, ਕੈਕਯ, ਵਿਰਾਟ ਅਤੇ ਪਾਰਸ਼ਤ ਧ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਟਦ੍ਯੁਮ੍ਨ—ਇਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਉੱਤੇ ਆਪਣਾ ਹਮਲਾ ਕੇਂਦ੍ਰਿਤ ਕੀਤਾ।

Word by Word

• सौभटद्रे: in/at Saubhadra (Abhimanyu)
• सौभटद्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभटद्र
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• भीमसेने: in/at Bhimasena
• भीमसेने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• सात्यकौ: in/at Satyaki
• सात्यकौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सात्यकि
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• महारथे: in/at the great chariot-warrior
• महारथे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• कैकेये: in/at the Kaikeya (warrior/king)
• कैकेये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैकेय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• विराटे: in/at Virata
• विराटे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विराट
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• धृष्टद्युम्ने: in/at Dhrishtadyumna
• धृष्टद्युम्ने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृष्टद्युम्न
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• पार्षते: in/at the Parshata (son of Prishata; Dhrishtadyumna)
• पार्षते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्षत
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Bhishma
• Saubhadra (Abhimanyu)
• Bhimasena (Bhima)
• Satyaki (Yuyudhana)
• Kekaya
• Virata
• Dhrishtadyumna
• Prishata (as implied by pārṣata)
• Chedi
• Matsya
• bow (dhanus)
• armor (kavaca)
• arrows (bāṇa)