Shloka 77

Bhīṣma-nipāta-saṃvāda — Sañjaya’s Report of Bhīṣma’s Fall (भीष्मनिपातसंवादः)

Devanagari script

तस्मान्मे सर्वमाचक्ष्व यद्‌ वृत्तं तत्र संजय | यद्‌ वृत्तं तत्र संग्रामे मन्दस्याबुद्धिसम्भवम्‌

Transliteration

tasmān me sarvam ācakṣva yad vṛttaṃ tatra sañjaya | yad vṛttaṃ tatra saṅgrāme mandasyābuddhi-sambhavam apānītaṃ sunītaṃ yat tan mamācakṣva sañjaya ||

Translation

కాబట్టి, సంజయా, అక్కడ జరిగినదంతా నాకు వివరించు. ఆ సంగ్రామంలో మందబుద్ధి దుర్యోధనుడి అజ్ఞానంవల్ల ఏవి ఏవి జరిగాయో—ఏది అన్యాయం, ఏది న్యాయం, ఏది పక్కన పెట్టబడిందో, ఏది నిలబెట్టబడిందో—అన్నిటినీ నాకు చెప్పు, సంజయా.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• मे: to me/for me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Dative/Genitive, Singular

• सर्वम्: all, everything
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आचक्ष्व: tell, relate
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-चक्ष्
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यत्: what/that which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• वृत्तम्: happened event, occurrence
• वृत्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्त
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• संजय: O Sanjaya
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• यत्: what/that which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• वृत्तम्: happened event, occurrence
• वृत्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्त
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• संग्रामे: in the battle
• संग्रामे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्राम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• मन्दस्य: of the dull-witted
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन्द
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अबुद्धि: ignorance, lack of understanding
• Type: Noun
• Root: अबुद्धि
• Form: Feminine, —, —

• सम्भवम्: arisen from, caused by
• सम्भवम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्भव
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अबुद्धिसम्भवम्: arising from ignorance
• अबुद्धिसम्भवम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अबुद्धि-सम्भव
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अपनीतम्: removed/set aside (i.e., injustice done)
• अपनीतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप-नी (क्त)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• सुनीतम्: good conduct/right policy (justice)
• सुनीतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सु-नीत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• यत्: whatever/that which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

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

• मम: of me/to me
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• आचक्ष्व: tell, relate
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-चक्ष्
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• संजय: O Sanjaya
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Sañjaya
• Duryodhana
• saṅgrāma (the battle/war)