Shloka 19

Bhīṣma’s Fall, the Arrow-bed (śara-talpa), and the Establishment of Guard

Devanagari script

अमड्ल्यध्वजश्नैव याज्ञसेनिर्महाबल: । न चामड्लिके तस्मिन्‌ प्रहरेदापगासुत:,“इसके सिवा द्रुपदका यह महाबली पुत्र अपनी ध्वजामें अमंगलसूचक चिह्न धारण करता है। अतः इस अमांगलिक शिखण्डीपर गंगानन्दन भीष्म कभी प्रहार नहीं करेंगे

Transliteration

amaṅgala-dhvajaś caiva yājñasenir mahābalaḥ | na cāmaṅgalike tasmin prahared āpagā-sutaḥ ||

Translation

अपि च द्रुपदस्य महाबलः पुत्रः शिखण्डी ध्वजेऽमङ्गलचिह्नानि धारयति; तस्मात् तस्मिन् अमङ्गलिके शिखण्डिनि गङ्गासुतो भीष्मः कदाचन न प्रहरेत्।

Word by Word

• अमङ्गल्यध्वजः: one whose banner is inauspicious / having an inauspicious banner
• अमङ्गल्यध्वजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमङ्गल्यध्वज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• याज्ञसेनिः: Yājñaseni (son of Drupada; here: Śikhaṇḍin)
• याज्ञसेनिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: याज्ञसेनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाबलः: mighty/very strong
• महाबलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

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

• अमङ्गलिके: in/with regard to the inauspicious one
• अमङ्गलिके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमङ्गलिक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तस्मिन्: in him/with respect to him
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• प्रहरेत्: would strike / should strike
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-हृ
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• आपगासुतः: son of the river (Gaṅgā), i.e., Bhīṣma
• आपगासुतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आपगासुत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīṣma (Āpagā-suta, son of Gaṅgā)
• Śikhaṇḍin (Yājñaseni, son of Drupada)
• Drupada
• Gaṅgā
• Dhvaja (banner/standard)