Shloka 196

Adhyāya 104 — Śikhaṇḍin-puraskāraḥ (Śikhaṇḍin as Vanguard) and Bhīṣma’s Counter-Advance

Devanagari script

अभिमन्यु विनिर्भिद्य प्राविशन्‍्त धरातलम्‌ | उसके द्वारा छोड़े हुए यमदण्डके समान भयंकर एवं तीखे बाण अभिमन्युके शरीरको छेदकर धरतीमें समा गये

Transliteration

abhimanyuṁ vinirbhidya prāviśan dharātalam | tasya mukta iva yamadaṇḍa-sadṛśā bhayaṅkarāḥ tīkṣṇāś ca bāṇāḥ abhimanyor śarīraṁ chittvā pṛthivyāṁ samāgatāḥ |

Translation

सञ्जय उवाच—अभिमन्युं विनिर्भिद्य ते बाणा यमदण्डोपमा भयानकास्तीक्ष्णाश्च धरातलं प्राविशन्।

Word by Word

• अभिमन्युम्: Abhimanyu (as object)
• अभिमन्युम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिमन्यु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विनिर्भिद्य: having pierced
• Type: Verb
• Root: भिद्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), वि + निर्, Parasmaipada (usage), having pierced/after piercing

• प्राविशन्: entered / went into
• Type: Verb
• Root: विश्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada, प्र

• धरातलम्: the surface of the earth / ground
• धरातलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरातल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Abhimanyu
• Yama
• Yamadaṇḍa (rod/staff of Yama)
• Arrows
• Earth (Dharā/Pṛthivī)