Shloka 57

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Anxiety and Bhīṣma’s Theological Explanation of Pāṇḍava Invincibility

Book 6, Chapter 61

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते भीष्मपर्वणि भीष्मवधपर्वणि तृतीये युद्धदिवसे संकुलयुद्धे सप्तपज्चाशत्तमोडध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi bhīṣmavadhaparvaṇi tṛtīye yuddhadivase saṅkulayuddhe saptapañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

ఇట్లు శ్రీమహాభారతంలోని భీష్మపర్వంలో, భీష్మవధపర్వాంతర్గతంగా, యుద్ధ మూడవ దినమున జరిగిన సంకులయుద్ధంలో యాభైఏడవ అధ్యాయం సమాప్తమైంది.

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the venerable Mahābhārata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भीष्मपर्वणि: in the Bhīṣma-parvan
• भीष्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भीष्मवधपर्वणि: in the section (parvan) on the slaying of Bhīṣma
• भीष्मवधपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्मवधपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तृतीये: on the third
• तृतीये: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृतीय
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• युद्धदिवसे: on the day of battle
• युद्धदिवसे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्धदिवस
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• संकुलयुद्धे: in the confused/close battle
• संकुलयुद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संकुलयुद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सप्तपञ्चाशत्तमः: fifty-seventh
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तपञ्चाशत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Bhīṣma Parva
• Bhīṣma-vadha-parvan (section on Bhīṣma’s fall)
• third day of the Kurukṣetra war
• saṅkula-yuddha (confused melee battle)