Shloka 12

भीष्मस्य अप्रतिमपराक्रमः — शिखण्डिपुरस्कृतः प्रहारः

Bhīṣma’s unmatched momentum and the assault with Śikhaṇḍin in the lead

Devanagari script

सहदेवं तथा राजन्‌ यान्तं भीष्मरथं प्रति

Transliteration

sahadevaṃ tathā rājan yāntaṃ bhīṣmarathaṃ prati

Translation

सहदेवं तथा राजन् यान्तं भीष्मरथं प्रति ॥

Word by Word

• सहदेवम्: Sahadeva (as object)
• सहदेवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहदेव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तथा: also; likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• यान्तम्: going; proceeding
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भीष्मरथम्: Bhishma's chariot
• भीष्मरथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म-रथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रति: towards; against
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Sahadeva
• Bhīṣma
• Bhīṣma’s chariot