Shloka 3

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

Devanagari script

ततो बाणमयं वर्ष ववर्ष मयि भार्गव: । न्यवारयमहं तच्च शरजालेन भारत,उस समय भृगुनन्दन परशुरामजीने मुझपर बाणोंकी झड़ी लगा दी। भारत! तब मैंने अपने सायकसमूहोंसे उस बाणवर्षाको रोक दिया

Transliteration

tato bāṇamayaṃ varṣaṃ vavarṣa mayi bhārgavaḥ | nyavārayam ahaṃ tac ca śarajālena bhārata ||

Translation

تب بھृگو کے نندَن پرشورام نے مجھ پر تیروں کی بارش برسا دی۔ اے بھارت! میں نے اپنے تیروں کے جال سے اُس تیر-باراں کو روک لیا۔

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya

• बाणमयम्: made of arrows, consisting of arrows
• बाणमयम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बाणमय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वर्षम्: a shower, downpour
• वर्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ववर्ष: rained down, showered
• ववर्ष: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृष् (वर्षणे)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मयि: on me, upon me
• मयि: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (by reference), Locative, Singular

• भार्गवः: the Bhargava (Parashurama)
• भार्गवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्गव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न्यवारयम्: I warded off, I checked
• न्यवारयम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + √वृ (वरणे/वारणे) / √वृ (निवारणे) (causative sense in usage)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 1st person, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (by reference), Nominative, Singular

• तत्: that (shower)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya

• शरजालेन: with a net/mass of arrows
• शरजालेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरजाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Paraśurāma (Bhārgava)
• arrows (bāṇa/śara)
• arrow-net (śarajāla)