Shloka 5

भीष्मवधोपाय-प्रश्नः (Inquiry into the means to overcome Bhīṣma) | Chapter 103

Devanagari script

यमदण्डोपमान्‌ घोसग्ज्वलिताशीविषोपमान्‌ | सौभद्र: समरे क्रुद्ध: प्रेषयामाससायकान्‌

Transliteration

yamadaṇḍopamān ghorān jvalitāśīviṣopamān | saubhadraḥ samare kruddhaḥ preṣayāmāsa sāyakān ||

Translation

Санджая сказал: В самой гуще боя сын Субхадры — в ярости — без устали посылал стрелы, страшные, как карательный жезл Ямы, и ужасные, как ядовитые змеи с пылающими пастями.

Word by Word

• यमदण्डोपमान्: like Yama’s staff (death-club)
• यमदण्डोपमान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यमदण्डोपम (यमदण्ड + उपम)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• घोरान्: terrible, dreadful
• घोरान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• ज्वलिताशीविषोपमान्: like blazing venomous serpents
• ज्वलिताशीविषोपमान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्वलिताशीविषोपम (ज्वलित + आशीविष + उपम)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सौभद्रः: the son of Subhadrā (Abhimanyu)
• सौभद्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभद्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• क्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुद्ध (√क्रुध्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रेषयामास: sent, discharged
• प्रेषयामास: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-इष् (प्रेषयति) / √इष् (causative)
• Form: Perfect (periphrastic), 3rd, Singular

• सायकान्: arrows
• सायकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सायक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Saubhadra (Abhimanyu)
• Subhadrā
• Yama
• daṇḍa (rod/staff of punishment)
• āśīviṣa (venomous serpents)
• sāyaka (arrows)
• samara (battlefield)