BG 1.8-9 'A śloka a day' #SAH #SanskritGrammar

भवान् भीष्मश् च कर्णश् च कृपश् च समितिंजयः | अश्वत्थामा विकर्णश् च सौमदत्तिर् जयद्रथः ||8||

अन्ये च बहवः शूरा मदर्थे त्यक्तजीविताः | नानाशस्त्रप्रहरणाः सर्वे युद्धविशारदाः ||9||

bhavān bhīṣmaś ca karṇaś ca kṛpaś ca samitiṃjayaḥ | aśvatthāmā vikarṇaś ca saumadattir jayadrathaḥ ||8|| anye ca bahavaḥ śūrā madarthe tyaktajīvitāḥ |nānāśastrapraharaṇāḥ sarve yuddhaviśāradāḥ ||9||

Your Lordship, and Bhishma, and Karna and Kripa, always victorious in battle, Ashvatthama and Vikarna and the son of Somdatta also; And many other heroes who are willing to give up their lives for my sake, attacking with various weapons, all skilled in battle.


भवान्  Respected You/Sir, Yourself (masc, nom, singular of भवत् )
भीष्मः Bhīṣmaḥ
च ca and
कर्णः Karṇaḥ
च ca and
कृप: Kṛpaḥ
च ca and
समितिंजयः Samitiṃjayaḥ (masc, nom. sing. adj)
अश्वत्थामा  Aśvatthāmā
विकर्णः  Vikarṇaḥ
च ca and
सौमदत्तिः saumadattiḥ
जयद्रथः Jayadrathaḥ
अन्ये anye others (masc. nom. plural)
च ca and
बहवः  bahavaḥ many (masc. nom, pl)
शूराः  śūrāḥ brave heroes (masc. nom. pl)
मदर्थे madarthe for/in my cause, for my purpose (masc. locative. sing)
त्यक्तजीविताः  tyaktajīvitāḥ they whose lives are risked/given up (masc.nom. pl. BV compound)
नानाशस्त्रप्रहरणाः nānāśastrapraharaṇāḥ (with) various weapons to hurl (masc. nom. pl. adj.)
सर्वे sarve all
युद्धविशारदाः yuddhaviśāradāḥ skilled in battle (masc. nom. pl. TP compound)