Shloka 13

भीष्मवधोपाय-प्रश्नः (Inquiry into the means to overcome Bhīṣma) | Chapter 103

Devanagari script

हेमपृष्ठं धनुश्चास्य ददृशे विचरद्‌ दिशः । तोयदेषु यथा राजन्‌ राजमाना शतह्ृददा,राजन्‌! अभिमन्युके धनुषका पृष्ठभाग सुवर्णसे जटित था, वह सम्पूर्ण दिशाओंमें विचरण करता हुआ बादलोंमें चमकनेवाली बिजलीके समान सुशोभित होता था

Transliteration

hemapiṣṭhaṃ dhanuś cāsya dadṛśe vicarad diśaḥ | toyadeṣu yathā rājan rājamānā śatahr̥dā ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：“大王啊，我看见他的弓，背衬黄金，光辉灿然，纵横游走于四方。它在雨云之间闪耀，如电光乍现——这是武威之华的写照，更加深了战场上的惊叹与道义的紧绷：光彩与技勇并陈，却对照着战争的悲惨代价。”

Word by Word

• हेमपृष्ठम्: gold-backed
• हेमपृष्ठम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हेमपृष्ठ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• धनुः: bow
• धनुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• अस्य: of him / his
• अस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• ददृशे: was seen / appeared
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada

• विचरन्: moving about / roaming
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-चर्
• Form: Present active participle (Śatṛ), Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• दिशः: directions
• दिशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• तोयदेषु: in the clouds
• तोयदेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोयद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• यथा: as / like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

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

• राजमाना: shining / resplendent
• Type: Verb
• Root: राज्
• Form: Present middle participle (Śānac), Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• शतह्रदा: lightning (lit. ‘hundred-ridged’)
• शतह्रदा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतह्रदा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• King (Dhṛtarāṣṭra, implied by address rājan)
• bow (dhanuḥ)
• gold (hema)
• rain-clouds (toyada)
• lightning (śatahr̥dā)