Shloka 87

Devanagari script

एवंभूतस्तव पिता शरैविशकलीकृत: । शिताग्रै: फाल्गुनेनाजौ प्राकृशिरा: प्रापतद्‌ रथात्‌

Transliteration

evaṁbhūtas tava pitā śarair viśakalīkṛtaḥ | śitāgraiḥ phālgunenājau prākṛśirāḥ prāpatad rathāt |

Translation

三阇耶说道：“你的父亲便是如此——被箭矢割裂撕碎。在战场上为法尔古那（阿周那）锋利的箭所中，他从战车上头朝下栽落。”

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• भूतः: become, having become (being in such a state)
• भूतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भू
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• तव: of you, your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular, Second

• पिता: father
• पिता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शरैः: by arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• विशकलीकृतः: cut into pieces, mangled
• विशकलीकृतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशकलीकृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• शिताग्रैः: with sharp-pointed (ones)
• शिताग्रैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिताग्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• फाल्गुनेन: by Phalguna (Arjuna)
• फाल्गुनेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: फाल्गुन
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अजौ: in battle
• अजौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• प्राकृशिराः: with head/neck bent forward (headlong)
• प्राकृशिराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राकृशिरस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रापतत्: fell down
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• रथात्: from the chariot
• रथात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'your')
• Bhīṣma (as 'your father' in this context)
• Phālguna (Arjuna)
• ratha (chariot)
• śara (arrows)
• āja (battlefield)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the harsh moral reality of dharma-yuddha: even the most revered elders can be brought down when duty and allegiance collide. It highlights the inevitability of consequences in war and the tragic cost borne by all sides.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Bhīṣma, described as the king’s ‘father’ (forefather/elder), has been grievously pierced and cut by Arjuna’s sharp arrows and falls headlong from his chariot on the battlefield.