Shloka 54

Bhīṣma-nipāta-saṃvāda — Sañjaya’s Report of Bhīṣma’s Fall (भीष्मनिपातसंवादः)

Devanagari script

अगोपमिव चोद श्रान्तं गोकुलं तद्‌ बल॑ मम । पौरुष॑ सर्वलोकस्य परं यस्मिन्‌ महाहवे

Transliteration

agopam iva cod śrāntaṁ gokulaṁ tad balaṁ mama | pauruṣaṁ sarvalokasya paraṁ yasmin mahāhave ||

Translation

Дхритараштра сказал: «Моё войско там, изнурённое и гонимое вперёд, было похоже на загон для скота в Гокуле — смятённое и теснимое. И всё же в той великой битве явилась вершина человеческой доблести, прославленной по всему миру.»

Word by Word

• अगोपमिव: like an incomparable (thing)
• अगोपमिव: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अगोपम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• उदश्रान्तम्: utterly wearied / exhausted
• उदश्रान्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्-श्रान्त
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गोकुलम्: cowherd-settlement; herd of cattle
• गोकुलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोकुल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• बलम्: army; strength
• बलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मम: of me; my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• पौरुषम्: manliness; prowess
• पौरुषम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौरुष
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वलोकस्य: of all the worlds/people
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वलोक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• परम्: supreme; highest
• परम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• यस्मिन्: in whom/wherein
• यस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• महाहवे: in the great battle
• महाहवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाहव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• my army (Kaurava force)
• gokula (cattle-pen/herd)