Shloka 24

Arjuna–Bhīṣma Strategic Engagement and Mutual Arrow-Interdiction (भीष्मार्जुनसमागमः)

Devanagari script

ततस्ते जातसंरम्भा: परस्परकृतागस: । अन्योन्यस्यर्धया राजन्‌ व्यायच्छन्त महारथा:,राजन! बाल्यावस्थामें वे सभी एक-दूसरेका अपराध कर चुके थे। सबका स्मरण हो आनेसे वे सभी महारथी रोषमें भर गये और एक-दूसरेके प्रति स्पर्धा रखनेके कारण युद्धमें विजयी होनेके लिये विशेष परिश्रम करने लगे

Transliteration

tataste jātasaṁrambhāḥ parasparakṛtāgasaḥ | anyonyasyārdhayā rājan vyāyacchanta mahārathāḥ ||

Translation

Disse Sañjaya: Então aqueles grandes guerreiros de carro, com a fúria recém-acesa, recordaram as ofensas que haviam cometido uns contra os outros. Ó Rei, movidos pela rivalidade, empenharam-se com esforço especial na batalha, cada qual buscando a vitória.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• जात-संरम्भाः: having arisen fury/impetuosity; enraged
• जात-संरम्भाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जातसंरम्भ
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• परस्पर-कृत-आगसः: having committed mutual offences against each other
• परस्पर-कृत-आगसः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परस्परकृतागस्
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• अन्योन्यस्य: of one another
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अन्योन्य
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• अर्धया: with rivalry/competition (lit. with 'half-share', i.e., contention)
• अर्धया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्ध
• Form: feminine, instrumental, singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• व्यायच्छन्त: they strove, exerted themselves
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्य्-यम्
• Form: imperfect, third, plural, parasmaipada

• महारथाः: great chariot-warriors
• महारथाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• mahārathāḥ (great chariot-warriors)