Shloka 1

Bhagadattā’s Deployment Against Ghaṭotkaca; Elephant-Corps Escalation

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत भीष्मपर्वके अन्तर्गत भीष्मवधपर्वमें आठवें दिनके युद्धसे सम्बन्ध रखनेवाला सतासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ ॥/ ८७ ॥ अपन हू< बक। है २ >> अष्टाशीतितमो<् ध्याय: भीष्मका पराक्रम

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

bhīṣmaṃ tu samare kruddhaṃ pratapantaṃ samantataḥ |

na śekuḥ pāṇḍavā draṣṭuṃ tapanantam iva bhāskaram ||

Translation

Санджая сказал: О царь, когда Бхишма, разгневанный в битве, стал пылать могуществом со всех сторон, Пандавы не могли вынести взгляда на него — как невозможно смотреть на солнце, когда оно жжёт в самый зной.

Word by Word

• भीष्मः: Bhishma
• भीष्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

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

• क्रुद्धम्: angry
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रतपन्तम्: blazing/manifesting prowess
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-तप्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular, Shatr (present active participle)

• समन्ततः: on all sides
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• शेकुः: were able
• Type: Verb
• Root: शक्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• पाण्डवाः: the Pandavas
• पाण्डवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• द्रष्टुम्: to see
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Tumun (infinitive)

• तपनन्तम्: burning
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तपन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular, Shatr (present active participle)

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• भास्करम्: the sun
• भास्करम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Bhīṣma
• Pāṇḍavas
• Bhāskara (the Sun)