Shloka 32

भीष्मधनंजयद्वैरथम्

Bhīṣma–Dhanaṃjaya Duel and the Opening Clash

Devanagari script

अशीत्या निशितैर्बाणैस्ततो5क्रोशन्त तावका: । राजन! तब रथियोंमें श्रेष्ठ भीष्मने पाण्डुनन्दन अर्जुनको अस्सी पैने बाण मारकर बींध डाला। यह देखकर आपके सैनिक हर्षसे कोलाहल करने लगे ।। ३१ ह || तेषां तु निनदं श्रुत्वा सहितानां प्रहृष्टवत्‌

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | aśītyā niśitair bāṇais tato ’krośanta tāvakāḥ | rājann, tava rathīnāṃ śreṣṭho bhīṣmaḥ pāṇḍunandanaṃ arjunaṃ aśīti-praharaiḥ tīkṣṇaiḥ bāṇaiḥ viddhvā | etad dṛṣṭvā tava sainikāḥ harṣeṇa kolāhalaṃ cakruḥ | teṣāṃ tu ninadaṃ śrutvā sahitānāṃ prahṛṣṭavat ... |

Translation

三阇耶说道：于是，大王啊，你的军士欢呼呐喊。毗湿摩——战车武士之最——以八十支锐箭贯穿般度之子阿周那。见此，你军欢声雷动，喧嚣震野。听到那聚集而狂喜的军阵轰鸣，对方亦随之应动，战势的奔流遂起变化。

Word by Word

• अशीत्या: with eighty
• अशीत्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अशीति
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• निशितैः: sharp
• निशितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निशित
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• बाणैः: with arrows
• बाणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• ततः: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• अक्रोशन्त: shouted/raised a cry
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रुश्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• तावकाः: your men (Kauravas)
• तावकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तावक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तेषाम्: of them
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• निनदम्: noise/uproar
• निनदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निनद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• सहितानाम्: of those assembled/together
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• प्रहृष्टवत्: as if delighted/joyfully
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रहृष्टवत्

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Bhīṣma
• Arjuna
• Kaurava troops (Tāvakāḥ)
• chariot-warriors (rathin)