Shloka 48

भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय ११०: पार्थभीमयोः प्रहारः तथा भीष्माभिमुखं संग्रामविस्तारः

Arjuna and Bhima’s pressure; escalation toward Bhishma

Devanagari script

तद्‌ वयं सहिता गत्वा भीष्ममाशु नरोत्तमम्‌ | नचिरात्‌ सर्वे वार्ष्णेय मन्त्रं पृष्छाम कौरवम्‌,वृष्णिनन्दन! हम सब लोग शीघ्र ही एक साथ कुरुवंशी नरश्रेष्ठ भीष्मके पास चलें और उनसे सलाह लें

Transliteration

tad vayaṃ sahitā gatvā bhīṣmam āśu narottamam | nacirāt sarve vārṣṇeya mantraṃ pṛcchāma kauravam, vṛṣṇinandana ||

Translation

“Então, vamos todos juntos, sem demora, até Bhīṣma, o melhor dos homens entre os Kurus. Sem tardança, ó Vārṣṇeya—alegria dos Vṛṣṇis—busquemos dele o conselho.”

Word by Word

• तत्: that (plan/act)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Plural

• सहिताः: together, united
• सहिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• गत्वा: having gone
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), —, —

• भीष्मम्: Bhishma
• भीष्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आशु: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु

• नर-उत्तमम्: the best of men
• नर-उत्तमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरोत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• चिरात्: after a long time / long
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चिर

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वार्ष्णेय: O descendant of Vrishni (Krishna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वार्ष्णेय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मन्त्रम्: counsel, advice
• मन्त्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पृच्छाम: we ask
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ्
• Form: Present, Indicative, First, Plural

• कौरवम्: the Kuru (scion), Kaurava
• कौरवम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कौरव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वृष्णि-नन्दन: O delight/son of the Vrishnis (Krishna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्णिनन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Bhīṣma
• Kṛṣṇa (Vārṣṇeya, Vṛṣṇinandana)
• Kuru lineage (Kaurava as descriptor)