Shloka 9

Bhīṣma–Jāmadagnya-saṃvādaḥ

Bhishma’s account of the encounter with Rāma Jāmadagnya

Devanagari script

ततो जाल॑ बाणमयं विवृत्तं संदृश्य भित्त्वा शरजालेन राजन्‌ | द्वादशेषून्‌ प्राहिणवं रणेडहं ततः शक्तीरप्यधमं घोररूपा:

Transliteration

tato jālaṃ bāṇamayaṃ vivṛttaṃ saṃdṛśya bhittvā śarajālena rājan | dvādaśeṣūn prāhiṇavaṃ raṇe'haṃ tataḥ śaktīr apy adhamam ghorarūpāḥ ||

Translation

Então, ó rei, ao ver uma rede de flechas em turbilhão, eu a despedacei com uma contra-rede de setas. Naquela batalha disparei doze flechas; depois arremessei também terríveis śaktis—lanças-mísseis—de forma assustadora, para impelir o combate com força implacável.

Word by Word

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

• जालम्: a net, mesh
• जालम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• बाणमयम्: made of arrows
• बाणमयम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बाणमय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• विवृत्तम्: spread out, expanded
• विवृत्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-वृत (वृत्त)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• संदृश्य: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-दृश्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada/Atmanepada-neutral

• भित्त्वा: having pierced/broken through
• Type: Verb
• Root: भिद्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada/Atmanepada-neutral

• शरजालेन: with a net of arrows
• शरजालेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरजाल
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• द्वादश: twelve
• द्वादश: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• इषून्: arrows
• इषून्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इषु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• प्राहिणवम्: I sent/shot forth
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-हि (प्राहिणवम्)
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• ततः: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• शक्तीः: spears/javelins
• शक्तीः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• अधमम्: very low/base; wretched (as an epithet)
• अधमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• घोररूपाः: of terrible form
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोररूप
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• rājan (the king addressed)
• bāṇa (arrows)
• śara-jāla (net/formation of arrows)
• śakti (spears/javelins)
• raṇa (battle)