Shloka 41

Arjuna’s Advance toward Bhīṣma; The Gāṇḍīva’s Signal and the Armies’ Convergence (भीष्माभिमुखगमनम् — गाण्डीवनिर्घोष-ध्वजवर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

यथा प्राग्र्यान्‌ यथा ज्येष्ठान्‌ यथा शूरांश्व संगतान्‌ । निपातयत्युग्रधन्वा त॑ प्रगृूह्लीत माचिरम्‌

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | yathā prāgryān yathā jyeṣṭhān yathā śūrāṃś ca saṃgatān | nipātayaty ugradhanvā taṃ pragṛhṇīta mā ciram | tad-anantaraṃ śāntanunandano bhīṣmaḥ sarvān mahārathīn uvāca— ‘eṣa bhīmasenaḥ raṇe kruddhaḥ samāgatān prāgryān jyeṣṭhān śūrāṃś ca dhṛtarāṣṭraputrān nipātayati; ataḥ sarve yūyaṃ saṃhatā enam āśu vaśaṃ nayata’ iti |

Translation

جس طرح وہ سخت گیر کماندار پیش روؤں، بزرگوں اور جمع شدہ بہادروں کو گرا رہا ہے، اسی طرح تم لوگ دیر کیے بغیر فوراً اسے پکڑ کر روک لو۔

Word by Word

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• प्राग्र्यान्: the foremost
• प्राग्र्यान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राग्र्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• ज्येष्ठान्: the elders/seniors
• ज्येष्ठान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्येष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• शूरान्: heroes, brave men
• शूरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• संगतान्: assembled, come together
• संगतान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संगत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• निपातयति: causes to fall, strikes down
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-पत्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• उग्रधन्वा: the fierce bowman
• उग्रधन्वा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उग्रधन्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• प्रगृह्णीत: seize, restrain
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-ग्रह्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Plural, Parasmaipada

• मा: do not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• चिरम्: for long, long time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चिर

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīṣma (Śāntanunandana)
• Bhīmasena
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons (Kauravas)
• mahārathīs (great chariot-warriors)
• bow (dhanus) as weapon (implied by ugradhanvā)