Shloka 3

भीष्मरक्षण-उद्योगः, शिखण्डि-विवर्जनं, सर्वतोभद्र-व्यूहः

Protection of Bhīṣma, Exemption of Śikhaṇḍin, and the Sarvatobhadra Array

Devanagari script

मुमोच निशितांस्तीक्ष्णान्‌ नाराचान्‌ पज्चविंशतिम्‌ । तेडपतन्‌ सहसा राजंस्तस्मिन्‌ राक्षसपुज़रवे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

mumoca niśitāṁs tīkṣṇān nārācān pañcaviṁśatim |

te 'patans sahasā rājan tasmin rākṣasapuṅgave ||

Translation

ਉਸ ਨੇ ਪੱਚੀ ਤਿੱਖੇ, ਨੁਕੀਲੇ ਨਾਰਾਚ ਛੱਡੇ। ਹੇ ਰਾਜਨ! ਉਹ ਸਾਰੇ ਇਕੱਠੇ ਹੀ ਉਸ ਰਾਖਸ਼ਸ-ਸ਼੍ਰੇਸ਼ਠ ਉੱਤੇ ਜਾ ਪਏ।

Word by Word

• मुमोच: released, discharged
• मुमोच: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• निशितान्: sharpened
• निशितान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निशित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तीक्ष्णान्: keen, sharp
• तीक्ष्णान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीक्ष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• नाराचान्: iron arrows
• नाराचान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाराच
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पञ्चविंशतिम्: twenty-five (in number)
• पञ्चविंशतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चविंशति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• ते: they (those arrows)
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अपतन्: fell, flew (down)
• अपतन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• सहसा: suddenly, swiftly
• सहसा: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तस्मिन्: in/onto him (that one)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• राक्षसपुञ्जरवे: in the roar/clamor of a mass of rākṣasas
• राक्षसपुञ्जरवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षसपुञ्जरव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• King (Dhṛtarāṣṭra, implied by address rājan)
• nārāca arrows
• a foremost Rākṣasa (unnamed in this verse)