Shloka 16

Devanagari script

हते शान्तनवे भीष्मे भरतानां पितामहे । न किंचित्‌ प्रत्यपद्यन्त पुत्रास्तव हि मारिष,आर्य! भरतवंशियोंके पितामह शान्तनुनन्दन भीष्मके मारे जानेपर आपके पुत्रोंको कुछ भी नहीं सूझता था

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | hate śāntanave bhīṣme bharatānāṁ pitāmahe | na kiñcit pratyapadyanta putrās tava hi māriṣa ||

Translation

ఆర్యా! భరతుల పితామహుడు, శాంతనునందనుడు భీష్ముడు హతుడైనప్పుడు, మీ కుమారులకు ఏదీ తోచలేదు।

Word by Word

• हते: when (he was) slain
• हते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हत
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• शान्तनवे: in/with regard to the son of Śāntanu
• शान्तनवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तनव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• भीष्मे: in Bhīṣma
• भीष्मे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• भरतानाम्: of the Bharatas
• भरतानाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• पितामहे: in the grandsire
• पितामहे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• किञ्चित्: anything
• किञ्चित्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किञ्चित्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रत्यपद्यन्त: they understood / they could make out
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-√पद्
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Plural, Ātmanepada

• पुत्राः: sons
• पुत्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• हि: indeed / for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• मारिष: O sir (term of address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मारिष
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīṣma
• Śāntanu
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Kauravas (Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons)
• Bharatas (Bharata lineage)