Shloka 1153

गौरुडव्यूह-रचना तथा अर्धचन्द्र-प्रत्यव्यूह

Garuḍa Array and the Ardhacandra Counter-Formation

Devanagari script

प्रपतन्तमपश्याम गिरे: शुद्भमिव च्युतम्‌ भीष्मके द्वारा मारे गये नरश्रेष्ठ श्वेतको युद्धस्थलमें हमने देखा। वह टूटकर गिरे हुए पर्वतके समान जान पड़ता था

Transliteration

prapatantam apaśyāma gireḥ śubhram iva cyutam | bhīṣmake dvārā māre gaye naraśreṣṭha śvetako yuddhasthale meṃ hamne dekhā | vaha ṭūṭakara gire hue parvatake samān jān paṛtā thā |

Translation

Disse Sañjaya: “Vimos Śveta, o mais eminente dos homens, morto por Bhīṣma, cair no campo de batalha como um pico branco e luminoso desprendido de uma montanha. Seu colapso, súbito e imenso, revelou o severo peso moral da guerra: como até os nobres e valentes são abatidos quando convergem destino e dever marcial.”

Word by Word

• प्रपतन्तम्: falling down
• प्रपतन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Kridanta
• Root: प्रपतत् (√पत्)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अपश्याम: we saw
• अपश्याम: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (दृश्)
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 1st, Plural

• गिरेः: of a mountain
• गिरेः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• शुभम्: auspicious / splendid
• शुभम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इव: like, as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• च्युतम्: fallen down, slipped off
• च्युतम्: Karma
• Type: Kridanta
• Root: च्युत (√च्यु)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīṣma
• Śveta (Śvetaka)
• battlefield
• mountain