Shloka 2

Adhyāya 107 — बहुयुद्धप्रकरणम्

Multiple Defensive Engagements to Protect Bhīṣma

Devanagari script

सुशर्मापि ततो बाणै: पार्थ विव्याध संयुगे । वासुदेवं च सप्तत्या पार्थ च नवभि: पुन:

Transliteration

suśarmāpi tato bāṇaiḥ pārtha vivyādha saṃyuge | vāsudevaṃ ca saptatyā pārtha ca navabhiḥ punaḥ ||

Translation

Sinabi ni Sañjaya: Pagkaraan, si Suśarmā man ay sa gitna ng labanan ay tinamaan si Pārtha (Arjuna) ng kaniyang mga palaso. Tinusok din niya si Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa) ng pitumpung palaso, at muli niyang tinamaan si Pārtha ng siyam.

Word by Word

• {'suśarmā': 'Suśarmā, king of the Trigartas (a Kaurava ally)', 'api': 'also, even', 'tataḥ': 'then, thereafter', 'bāṇaiḥ': 'with arrows', 'pārtha': 'O Pārtha

• Arjuna (son of Pṛthā/Kuntī)', 'vivyādha': 'pierced, wounded (with weapons)', 'saṃyuge': 'in battle, in combat', 'vāsudevam': 'Vāsudeva

• Kṛṣṇa', 'ca': 'and', 'saptatyā': 'with seventy (arrows)', 'navabhiḥ': 'with nine (arrows)', 'punaḥ': 'again, once more'}

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Suśarmā
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)