Shloka 14

Gāndhārī’s Battlefield Survey: The Fallen and the Onset of Funeral Rites (शल्य-भगीरथ-भीष्म-द्रोणादि-दर्शनम्)

Devanagari script

यस्य नास्ति समो लोके शौर्ये वीर्ये च कश्नन । स एष निहत:ः शेते भीष्मो भीष्मकृताहवे,संसारमें शौर्य और बलमें जिनकी समानता करनेवाला दूसरा कोई नहीं है, वे ही ये युद्धमें भयंकर कर्म करनेवाले भीष्मजी घायल हो बाणशय्यापर सो रहे हैं

Transliteration

yasya nāsti samo loke śaurye vīrye ca kaścana | sa eṣa nihataḥ śete bhīṣmo bhīṣmakṛtāhave ||

Translation

毗舍波耶那说道：“世间无人能在勇武与力量上与他比肩。然而那位毕湿摩——战场上行事可怖者——如今也被击倒，卧于箭床之上。”

Word by Word

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अस्ति: is/exists
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• समः: equal (one)
• समः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• शौर्ये: in valor
• शौर्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शौर्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वीर्ये: in strength/power
• वीर्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• कश्चन: anyone (at all)
• कश्चन: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: कश्चन (किम् + चन)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एषः: this (man)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निहतः: slain/struck down
• निहतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि-हन् (क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• शेते: lies (reclines)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शी (शयने)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• भीष्मः: Bhishma
• भीष्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun (Proper)
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भीष्मकृताहवे: in the battle made terrible (by Bhishma/terrible deeds)
• भीष्मकृताहवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीष्म-कृत-आहव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Bhīṣma
• battle (āhava)
• bed of arrows (bāṇaśayyā, implied by context)