Shloka 41

भीष्मवधोपाय-प्रश्नः (Inquiry into the means to overcome Bhīṣma) | Chapter 103

Devanagari script

विषक्तै: स शरैश्वापि तपनीयपरिच्छदै: । आर्ष्यशृद्िर्बभौ राजन्‌ दीप्तशुड्र इवाचल:,राजन! शरीरमें धँसे हुए उन सुवर्णभूषित बाणों-द्वारा राक्षत अलम्बुष चमकीले शिखरोंवाले पर्वतकी भाँति सुशोभित हुआ

Transliteration

viṣaktaiḥ sa śaraiś cāpi tapanīya-paricchadaiḥ | ārṣyaśṛṅgī babhau rājan dīpta-śṛṅga ivācalaḥ ||

Translation

Disse Sañjaya: Ó Rei, trespassado por todos os lados por flechas adornadas de ouro, o rākṣasa Alambuṣa resplandeceu—como uma montanha de picos em brasa, com o corpo eriçado de hastes.

Word by Word

• विषक्तैः: by/with (those) stuck/embedded
• विषक्तैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषक्त (वि+सञ्ज्, क्त)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• तपनीय-परिच्छदैः: with golden ornaments/coverings
• तपनीय-परिच्छदैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तपनीय + परिच्छद
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• आर्ष्य-शृङ्गैः: with lofty/holy peaks
• आर्ष्य-शृङ्गैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आर्ष्य + शृङ्ग
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• बभौ: shone/appeared splendid
• Type: Verb
• Root: भा
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

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

• दीप्त-शिखरः: having blazing peaks
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीप्त + शिखर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अचलः: a mountain
• Type: Noun
• Root: अचल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Alambuṣa
• arrows (śara)
• golden ornaments/adornments (tapanīya-paricchada)
• mountain (acala)