Shloka 21

Vāsudeva-Māhātmya: Duryodhana’s Inquiry and Bhīṣma’s Theological Account of Keśava

Devanagari script

शरैरेकायनीकुर्वन्‌ दिश: सर्वा यतव्रतः । जघान पाण्डवरथानादिश्य भरतर्षभ,भरतश्रेष्ठ! उत्तम व्रतका पालन करनेवाले भीष्म सम्पूर्ण दिशाओंको बाणोंसे व्याप्त करते हुए पाण्डव-पक्षीय रथियोंको अपना नाम सुना-सुनाकर मारने लगे

Transliteration

śarair ekāyanīkurvan diśaḥ sarvā yatavrataḥ | jaghāna pāṇḍava-rathān ādiśya bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

ఓ భరతశ్రేష్ఠా! వ్రతనిష్ఠుడైన భీష్ముడు బాణాలతో అన్ని దిక్కులనూ నింపుతూ, తన పేరును ప్రకటిస్తూ, పాండవపక్ష రథయోధులను సంహరించసాగెను।

Word by Word

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• एकायनीकुर्वन्: making (them) into one mass / concentrating
• एकायनीकुर्वन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: एकायनीकृ (एक + अयनी + कृ)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दिशः: the directions
• दिशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• यतव्रतः: one of restrained vows / of strict observance
• यतव्रतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यतव्रत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जघान: slew / struck down
• जघान: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular

• पाण्डव-रथान्: the Pandava charioteers/warriors on chariots
• पाण्डव-रथान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव + रथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• आदिश्य: having announced / having proclaimed
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + दिश्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत + ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīṣma
• Pāṇḍavas (their rathas/rathins)