Shloka 10

Adhyāya 104 — Śikhaṇḍin-puraskāraḥ (Śikhaṇḍin as Vanguard) and Bhīṣma’s Counter-Advance

Devanagari script

ततः समीयतु: संख्ये त्वरितौ नरराक्षसौ

Transliteration

tataḥ samīyatuḥ saṅkhye tvaritau nara-rākṣasau

Translation

ครั้นแล้วในท่ามกลางสมรภูมิ บุรุษผู้นั้นกับยักษ์ก็เร่งรุดเข้าประชิดกันโดยฉับไว เผชิญหน้ากันตรง ๆ

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततस्
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from that/thereupon')

• समीयतुः: the two approached/came together
• समीयतुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-इ (धातु: इङ्/इ)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपदम्), प्रथमपुरुषः, द्विवचनम्

• संख्ये: in battle, in combat
• संख्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संख्या
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गम्, सप्तमी, एकवचनम्

• त्वरितौ: swift, hastened
• त्वरितौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वरित
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा, द्विवचनम्

• नरराक्षसौ: the two man-demons (rakshasas in human form)
• नरराक्षसौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरराक्षस
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा, द्विवचनम्

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• a human warrior (nara)
• a rākṣasa warrior (rākṣasa)
• battlefield (saṅkhya)