Shloka 231

Bhīṣma’s Recollection of the Duel: Charioteer’s Fall, Brahmin Protection, and Portents after Rāma’s Collapse

Devanagari script

प्रजज्वाल नभो राजन्‌ धूमायन्ते दिशो दश । न स्थातुमन्तरिक्षे च शेकुराकाशगास्तदा

Transliteration

prajajvāla nabho rājan dhūmāyante diśo daśa | na sthātum antarīkṣe ca śekur ākāśagās tadā ||

Translation

بھیشم نے کہا— اے راجن! آسمان گویا بھڑک اٹھا، اور دسوں سمتیں دھوئیں سے بھر گئیں۔ اس وقت آسمان میں گردش کرنے والے بھی فضا میں ٹھہر نہ سکے۔

Word by Word

• प्रजज्वाल: blazed forth
• प्रजज्वाल: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√ज्वल्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, singular, Parasmaipada

• नभः: the sky
• नभः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नभस्
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• धूमायन्ते: smoke / become smoky
• धूमायन्ते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: धूमाय्
• Form: Present (Laṭ), 3rd, plural, Ātmanepada

• दिशः: directions, quarters
• दिशः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश्
• Form: feminine, nominative, plural

• दश: ten
• दश: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशन्
• Form: feminine, nominative, plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• स्थातुम्: to stand / to remain
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था
• Form: Infinitive (tumun)

• अन्तरिक्षे: in the mid-air
• अन्तरिक्षे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तरिक्ष
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

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

• शेकुः: were able
• शेकुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शक्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, plural, Parasmaipada

• आकाशगाः: sky-going (birds/creatures)
• आकाशगाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आकाशग
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• rājan (the king, addressed)
• nabhaḥ (sky)
• diśaḥ (ten directions)
• antarīkṣa (mid-air/atmosphere)
• ākāśagāḥ (celestial/sky-moving beings)