Shloka 6

भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय 18: सेनानिनादः, ध्वज-दीप्तिः, भीष्मरक्षण-व्यवस्था च

Battle Muster: Soundscape, Banners, and the Protection of Bhīṣma

Devanagari script

ध्वजा बहुविधाकारास्तावकानां नराधिप । काज्चनाड्दिनो रेजुज्वलिता इव पावका:,नरेश्वरर! आपकी सेनाके नाना प्रकारके ध्वज और सोनेके अंगद (बाजूबन्द) पहने हुए सैनिक प्रज्वलित अग्निके समान प्रकाशित हो रहे थे

Transliteration

dhvajā bahuvidhākārās tāvakānāṃ narādhipa | kāñcanāṅgadino rejur jvalitā iva pāvakāḥ ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：“大王啊，你军中形制各异的旗帜光辉夺目；你那些佩戴金臂钏的勇士，也如点燃之火般炽然闪耀。”

Word by Word

• ध्वजाः: banners/flags
• ध्वजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्वज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• बहुविधाकाराः: of many kinds of forms
• बहुविधाकाराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहुविधाकार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तावकानाम्: of your (people/army)
• तावकानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तावक
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• नराधिप: O king (lord of men)
• नराधिप: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराधिप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• काञ्चनाङ्गदीनः: wearing golden armlets
• काञ्चनाङ्गदीनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काञ्चनाङ्गदिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• रेजुः: shone
• रेजुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: राज्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural

• उज्ज्वलिताः: blazing, kindled
• उज्ज्वलिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उज्ज्वलित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• इव: as if/like
• इव: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• पावकाः: fires
• पावकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पावक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (narādhipa/nareśvara, implied addressee)
• Kaurava army (tāvakāḥ)
• dhvaja (banners/standards)
• kāñcanāṅgada (golden armlets)
• pāvaka (fire)