Shloka 18

Adhyāya 35 — Bhīmasena’s Counter-Encirclement and the Karṇa Engagement Escalation

Devanagari script

मनोगतं मम हाासीद्‌ भीष्मद्रोणी महारथौ

Transliteration

manogataṁ mama hāsīd bhīṣma-droṇī mahārathau

Translation

Sinabi ni Sañjaya: “Ay, sa aking isipan ay inakala kong sina Bhīṣma at Droṇa—ang dalawang dakilang mandirigmang karwahe—ang magiging haliging magpapasya sa ating panig.”

Word by Word

• मनोगतम्: in the mind; mental (thought)
• मनोगतम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनोगत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मम: of me; my
• मम: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• हा: alas!
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हा
• Form: true

• आसीत्: was
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भीष्मद्रोणी: Bhishma and Drona
• भीष्मद्रोणी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्मद्रोणी
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• महारथौ: two great chariot-warriors
• महारथौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīṣma
• Droṇa