Shloka 55

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

Devanagari script

दृष्टवा पुत्रं च तं ग्रस्तं राहुणेव निशाकरम्‌ । अभ्यद्रवत शैनेयं भारद्वाज: प्रतापवान्‌,जैसे राहु चन्द्रमाको ग्रस लेता है, उसी प्रकार सात्यकिके द्वारा अपने पुत्रपर ग्रहण लगा हुआ देख प्रतापी द्रोणाचार्यने उनके ऊपर धावा किया

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvā putraṃ ca taṃ grastaṃ rāhuṇeva niśākaram | abhyadravata śaineyaṃ bhāradvājaḥ pratāpavān ||

Translation

ครั้นเห็นบุตรของตนถูกครอบงำดุจจันทร์ถูกพระราหูกลืนกิน โทฺรณะ โอรสแห่งภารทวาชผู้ทรงเดช จึงพุ่งเข้าหาไศเนยะ (สาตยกิ) อย่างฉับพลัน

Word by Word

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• पुत्रम्: son
• पुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• तम्: him/that one
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ग्रस्तम्: seized, swallowed
• ग्रस्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ग्रस्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• राहुणा: by Rahu
• राहुणा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राहु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• इव: as/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• निशाकरम्: the moon
• निशाकरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निशाकर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभ्यद्रवत्: ran towards, charged
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-√द्रु
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शैनेयम्: the son of Shini (Satyaki)
• शैनेयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैनेय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भारद्वाजः: Bharadvaja’s descendant (Drona)
• भारद्वाजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारद्वाज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रतापवान्: mighty, valorous
• प्रतापवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतापवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Drona (Bhāradvāja)
• Śaineya (Sātyaki)
• Drona's son (Aśvatthāman)
• Rāhu
• Moon (Niśākara)