Shloka 38

Adhyāya 111 (Book 6): Daśama-dina-saṃgrāma—Bhīṣma’s Counsel to Yudhiṣṭhira and the Śikhaṇḍin-Led Advance

Devanagari script

पार्था विमनसो भूत्वा प्रैक्षन्त पितरं तव

Transliteration

pārthā vimanaso bhūtvā praikṣanta pitaraṃ tava

Translation

पार्था विमनसो भूत्वा प्रैक्षन्त पितरं तव।

Word by Word

• पार्थाः: the sons of Pṛthā (Pāṇḍavas)
• पार्थाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• विमनसः: dejected, dispirited
• विमनसः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमनस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• प्रैक्षन्त: they looked at, beheld
• प्रैक्षन्त: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + ईक्ष्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• पितरम्: father
• पितरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तव: your
• तव: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• पार्थाः / पाण्डवाः (the Pāṇḍavas)
• धृतराष्ट्र (Dhṛtarāṣṭra, implied by 'your')
• पितरम् तव (your father—contextually Śāntanu)