Shloka 2

Bhīṣma’s Retrospective of the Jāmadagnya Rāma Encounter

Divyāstra-Pratiyuddha and Twilight Cessation

Devanagari script

ततोअश्रान्ते रथे तिष्ठन्‌ राम: प्रहरतां वर: । ववर्ष शरजालानि मयि मेघ इवाचले

Transliteration

tato 'śrānte rathe tiṣṭhan rāmaḥ praharatāṁ varaḥ | vavarṣa śarajālāni mayi megha ivācale ||

Translation

随后，罗摩（帕罗修罗摩）——诸战士之最——立于不知疲倦的战车之上，向我倾泻箭雨，如云覆山而降甘霖。

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: Avyaya

• अश्रान्ते: on the untiring (one)
• अश्रान्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अश्रान्त
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• रथे: on the chariot
• रथे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तिष्ठन्: standing
• तिष्ठन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: Present active participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रामः: Rama (Parashurama)
• रामः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रहरताम्: of those who strike/attack
• प्रहरताम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-हृ
• Form: Present active participle (genitive plural used as comparative base), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• वरः: the best
• वरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ववर्ष: rained down, showered
• ववर्ष: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृष्
• Form: Perfect, Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular

• शरजालानि: nets/masses of arrows
• शरजालानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरजाल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• मयि: upon me
• मयि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Pronoun, Locative, Singular

• मेघः: a cloud
• मेघः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेघ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like, as
• इव: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव
• Form: Avyaya

• अचले: on a mountain
• अचले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अचल
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Rama (Parashurama)
• chariot
• arrows
• cloud
• mountain