Shloka 11

Adhyāya 111 (Book 6): Daśama-dina-saṃgrāma—Bhīṣma’s Counsel to Yudhiṣṭhira and the Śikhaṇḍin-Led Advance

Devanagari script

तथैव कुरवो राजन्‌ भीष्मं कृत्वा महारथम्‌ | अग्रतः सर्वसैन्यानां प्रययु: पाण्डवान्‌ प्रति,राजन्‌! इसी प्रकार कौरवोंने भी महारथी भीष्मको सब सेनाओंके आगे करके पाण्डवोंपर चढ़ाई की

Transliteration

tathaiva kuravo rājan bhīṣmaṃ kṛtvā mahāratham | agrataḥ sarvasainyānāṃ prayayuḥ pāṇḍavān prati ||

Translation

اے راجن! اسی طرح کوروؤں نے بھی مہارتھی بھیشم کو تمام لشکروں کے آگے رکھ کر پانڈوؤں کی طرف پیش قدمی کی۔

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• कुरवः: the Kurus (Kauravas)
• कुरवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भीष्मम्: Bhishma
• भीष्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कृत्वा: having made, having placed
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• महारथम्: a great chariot-warrior
• महारथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अग्रतः: in front, at the forefront
• अग्रतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्रतः

• सर्वसैन्यानाम्: of all the armies
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वसैन्य
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• प्रययुः: they went forth, advanced
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (इ)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• पाण्डवान्: the Pandavas
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• प्रति: towards, against
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Kuravaḥ (Kauravas)
• Bhīṣma
• Pāṇḍavāḥ (Pandavas)