Shloka 70

Devanagari script

खडगं चान्यतरप्रेप्सु्मुत्योरग्रे जयाय वा । भरतनन्दन! समस्त कौरव वीरोंके देखते-देखते गंगानन्दन भीष्मने मृत्यु अथवा विजय इन दोमेंसे किसी एकका वरण करनेके लिये अपने हाथमें सुवर्णभूषित ढाल और तलवार ले ली || ६९ ह || तस्य तच्छतथा चर्म व्यधमत्‌ सायकैस्तथा

Transliteration

khaḍgaṃ cānyataraprepsur mṛtyor agre jayāya vā | bharatanandana samasta-kaurava-vīrāṇāṃ dṛśyate-dṛśyate gaṅgānandano bhīṣmo mṛtyuṃ vā jayaṃ vā—anayoḥ anyataraṃ varaṇāya—svahaste suvarṇabhūṣitaṃ carma ca khaḍgaṃ ca jagrāha | tasya tac chvetatathā carma vyadhamat sāyakais tathā ||

Translation

भरतनन्दन, अन्यतरप्रेप्सुः मृत्योरग्रे जयाय वा, गङ्गानन्दनो भीष्मः सर्वेषां कौरववीराणां पश्यतां सुवर्णभूषितं चर्म खड्गं च स्वहस्ते जग्राह; तस्य तच्चर्म सायकैस्तथा व्यधमत्।

Word by Word

• खड्गम्: sword
• खड्गम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: खड्ग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• अन्यतर: one of the two (either)
• अन्यतर: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्यतर
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रेप्सुः: desiring to obtain
• प्रेप्सुः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रेप्सु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मृत्योः: of death
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अग्रे: in front; before
• अग्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्र

• जयाय: for victory
• जयाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• तस्य: of him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शतथा: into a hundred parts; in many pieces
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शतधा

• चर्म: leather shield (hide)
• चर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• व्यधमत्: he pierced; he struck through
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यधम् (वि + ध्मा)
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सायकैः: with arrows
• सायकैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सायक
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by address: Bharatanandana)
• Bhīṣma (Gaṅgānandana)
• Kaurava warriors
• sword (khaḍga)
• shield (carma)