Shloka 77

भीष्मशिबिरगमनम् — Duryodhana’s Visit to Bhīṣma’s Camp and the Command Appeal

Devanagari script

सकुण्डलं समुकुटं पद्मेन्दुसदृशप्रभम्‌ । इरावत: शिरो रक्षा: पातयामास भूतले,इरावानके कमल और चन्द्रमाके समान कान्तिमान्‌ तथा कुण्डल एवं मुकुटसे मण्डित मस्तकको काटकर राक्षसने धरतीपर गिरा दिया

Transliteration

sakuṇḍalaṃ samukuṭaṃ padmendusadṛśaprabham | irāvataḥ śiro rakṣāḥ pātayāmāsa bhūtale ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: The rākṣasa struck down to the earth Irāvān’s head—adorned with earrings and a crown, and radiant like a lotus and the moon. The verse underscores the grim cost of war: even the noble and splendid are not spared when violence is unleashed, and outward glory offers no protection against the consequences of battle.

Word by Word

• सकुण्डलम्: with earrings
• सकुण्डलम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुण्डल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• समुकुटम्: with a crown
• समुकुटम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुकुट
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पद्मेन्दु-सदृश-प्रभम्: having a radiance like a lotus and the moon
• पद्मेन्दु-सदृश-प्रभम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रभा
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• इरावतः: of Irāvata
• इरावतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इरावत
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• शिरः: head
• शिरः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• रक्षाः: the rākṣasa (demon)
• रक्षाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पातयामास: caused to fall / felled
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत्
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, true

• भूतले: on the ground
• भूतले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूतल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Irāvān
• rākṣasa
• kuṇḍala (earrings)
• mukuṭa (crown)
• bhūtala (earth/ground)