Shloka 20

भीष्म–जामदग्न्यसंवादः (Amba-prasaṅga and Kurukṣetra Dvandva Declaration) / Bhishma–Jamadagnya Dialogue

Devanagari script

स मे तस्मिन्‌ रणे पूर्व प्राहरत्‌ कड्कपत्रिभि: | षष्ट्या शतैश्ष नवभि: शराणां नतपर्वणाम्‌,उस रणभूमिमें उन्होंने ही पहले मेरे ऊपर गीधकी पाँखोंसे सुशोभित तथा मुड़े हुए पर्ववाले नौ सौ साठ बाणोंद्वारा प्रहार किया

Transliteration

sa me tasmin raṇe pūrvaṁ prāharat kaṅkapatribhiḥ | ṣaṣṭyā śataiś ca navabhiḥ śarāṇāṁ nataparvaṇām ||

Translation

اسی معرکے میں انہوں نے ہی پہلے مجھ پر حملہ کیا—گِدھ کے پروں سے آراستہ اور خمیدہ جوڑوں والے نو سو ساٹھ تیروں کی بارش کر دی۔

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मे: to me / against me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पूर्वम्: first / earlier
• पूर्वम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व

• प्राहरत्: struck / attacked
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-हृ
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कङ्कपत्रिभिः: with (arrows) having vulture-feathers
• कङ्कपत्रिभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कङ्कपत्रिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• षष्ट्या: by sixty
• षष्ट्या: Karana
• Type: Numeral
• Root: षष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• शतैः: by hundreds
• शतैः: Karana
• Type: Numeral
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

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

• नवभिः: by nine
• नवभिः: Karana
• Type: Numeral
• Root: नवन्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• शराणाम्: of arrows
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• नतपर्वणाम्: of (arrows) having bent joints/knots
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नतपर्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

राम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Rama
• battlefield (raṇa-bhūmi)