Shloka 22

भीष्मधनंजयद्वैरथम्

Bhīṣma–Dhanaṃjaya Duel and the Opening Clash

Devanagari script

को हि गाण्डीवधन्वानमन्य: कुरुपितामहात्‌

Transliteration

ko hi gāṇḍīvadhanvān anyaḥ kurupitāmahāt

Translation

นอกจากปิตามหะแห่งวงศ์กุรุแล้ว ใครเล่าจะยืนต้านผู้ถือคันธนูกาณฑีวะได้?

Word by Word

• कः: who
• कः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• गाण्डीवधन्वानम्: the wielder of the Gāṇḍīva (Arjuna)
• गाण्डीवधन्वानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गाण्डीवधन्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अन्यः: another/anyone else
• अन्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कुरुपितामहात्: than the grandsire of the Kurus (Bhīṣma)
• कुरुपितामहात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुपितामह
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna (Gāṇḍīvadhanvān)
• Bhīṣma (Kurupitāmaha)
• Gāṇḍīva