Shloka 87

भीष्मशिबिरगमनम् — Duryodhana’s Visit to Bhīṣma’s Camp and the Command Appeal

Devanagari script

तत्र भारत भीष्मस्य रणे दृष्टवा पराक्रमम्‌ | अत्यद्भुतमपश्याम शक्रस्येव पराक्रमम्‌,भारत! हमने उस युद्धमें भीष्मका इन्द्रके समान अत्यन्त अद्भुत पराक्रम देखा था

Transliteration

tatra bhārata bhīṣmasya raṇe dṛṣṭvā parākramam | atyadbhutam apaśyāma śakrasyeva parākramam ||

Translation

सञ्जय उवाच—तत्र भारत, रणे भीष्मस्य पराक्रमं दृष्ट्वा वयम् अत्यद्भुतम् अपश्याम; शक्रस्येवास्य पराक्रमः, भारत।

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र
• Form: indeclinable (locative adverb)

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• भीष्मस्य: of Bhishma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: absolutive (क्त्वा), indeclinable

• पराक्रमम्: valor, prowess
• पराक्रमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पराक्रम
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• अति: exceedingly, very
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति
• Form: indeclinable (prefix/adverb)

• अद्भुतम्: wonderful, marvelous
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्भुत
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• अपश्याम: we saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: imperfect (लङ्), 1st person, plural

• शक्रस्य: of Shakra (Indra)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव
• Form: indeclinable (particle of comparison)

• पराक्रमम्: valor, prowess
• पराक्रमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पराक्रम
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīṣma
• Śakra (Indra)
• Bhārata (address to Dhṛtarāṣṭra)