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Shloka 69

भीष्मस्य मध्याह्नयुद्धवर्णनम् / Mid-day Battle Description: Bhīṣma Engaged by the Pāñcālas

घण्टाभिश्न गजेन्द्राणां पतिताभि: समन्तत:,चारों ओर गजराजोंके घंटे पड़े हुए थे। हाथियोंकी पीठपर बिछाये जानेवाले फटे हुए विचित्र कम्बल और अंकुश सब ओर गिरे हुए थे। गलेके विचित्र आभूषण और सुनहरे रस्से भी जहाँ-तहाँ बिखरे पड़े थे

ghaṇṭābhis tu gajendrāṇāṃ patitābhiḥ samantataḥ | pṛṣṭheṣu ca gajānāṃ vai citrāḥ kambalapaṭṭikāḥ | aṅkuśāś ca nipatitāḥ sarvataḥ paridṛśyante | nānāvidhāni cābharaṇāni hemarajjuś ca tatra-tatra vikīrṇāḥ ||

সঞ্জয়ে ক’লে—চাৰিওফালে গজৰাজসকলৰ পতিত ঘণ্টা পৰি আছিল। তেওঁলোকৰ পিঠিত পতা ফাটি যোৱা বিচিত্ৰ কম্বল আৰু অঙ্কুশো সৰ্বত্ৰ ছড়াই আছিল; নানা ধৰণৰ গলাৰ অলংকাৰ আৰু সোণালী ৰছিও ইয়াত-তাত পৰি আছিল।

घण्टाःbells
घण्टाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootघण्टा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
भिन्नाःbroken, shattered
भिन्नाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootभिद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural, Past passive participle (क्त)
गजेन्द्राणाम्of the lordly elephants
गजेन्द्राणाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootगजेन्द्र
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
पतिताभिःhaving fallen; with (them) fallen
पतिताभिः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootपत्
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Plural, Past active participle (क्तवतु/क्त) used adjectivally
समन्ततःon all sides, all around
समन्ततः:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसमन्ततः
Formtrue

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
G
gajendrāḥ (great elephants)
G
ghaṇṭāḥ (elephant bells)
K
kambalāḥ/paṭṭikāḥ (saddle-blankets)
A
aṅkuśāḥ (goads)
Ā
ābharaṇāni (ornaments)
H
hemarajju (golden ropes)

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores the impermanence of power and splendor: symbols of royal might (elephants, ornaments, golden ropes) and instruments of control (goads) lie broken and scattered, reminding the listener that war reduces status and display to ruin and calls for sober ethical reflection.

Sañjaya describes the battlefield scene after intense fighting: elephant bells, torn saddle-blankets, goads, and ornaments are strewn everywhere, indicating fallen elephants and the collapse of ordered martial formations.