Shloka 64

Chapter 51: Saṃdhyākāla-saṃhāra

Evening Withdrawal after Arjuna’s Counter-Advance

Devanagari script

ततो भीष्म॑ पुरस्कृत्य तव पुत्रो महाबल: । वृतस्तु सर्वसैन्येन प्रायाच्छवेतरथं प्रति

Transliteration

tato bhīṣmaṁ puraskṛtya tava putro mahābalaḥ | vṛtastu sarvasainyena prāyācchvetarathaṁ prati ||

Translation

Disse Sañjaya: Então teu poderoso filho, pondo Bhīṣma à frente, avançou contra o carro de Śveta, cercado e amparado por todo o exército.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya

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

• पुरस्कृत्य: having placed in front / having put forward
• Type: Verb
• Root: पुरस् + कृ (कृत्वा-प्रत्यय; ल्यप्)
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Indeclinable

• तव: your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाबलः: mighty-strong
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वृतः: surrounded, encompassed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (क्त-प्रत्यय; भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृदन्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (kta), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु
• Form: Avyaya

• सर्वसैन्येन: by/with the whole army
• सर्वसैन्येन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वसैन्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• प्रायात्: went forth, advanced
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + या
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada

• श्वेतरथम्: the one with the white chariot (Arjuna)
• श्वेतरथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वेतरथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रति: towards, against
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति
• Form: Avyaya (upasarga/preposition governing accusative)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīṣma
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son (Duryodhana)
• Śvetaratha
• the Kaurava army