Shloka 9

वज्रदत्तेन सह अर्जुनयुद्धम्

Arjuna’s engagement with Vajradatta during the Aśvamedha circuit

Devanagari script

स वारणं नगप्रख्यं प्रभिन्नकरटामुखम्‌ । प्रेषयामास संक्रुद्धः श्वेताश्वं प्रति पार्थिव:,क्रोधमें भरे हुए राजा वज्रदत्तने श्वेतवाहन अर्जुनकी ओर अपने पर्वताकार विशालकाय गजराजको, जिसके गण्डस्थलसे मदकी धारा बह रही थी, बढ़ाया

Transliteration

sa vāraṇaṁ nagaprakhyaṁ prabhinnakaraṭāmukham | preṣayāmāsa saṅkruddhaḥ śvetāśvaṁ prati pārthivaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Enraged, the king sent forward a mountain-like elephant, its temples streaming with rut, and drove it to charge toward Śvetāśva—Arjuna’s chariot bearing the banner of the white horse.

Word by Word

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

• वारणम्: elephant
• वारणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नग-प्रख्यम्: mountain-like
• नग-प्रख्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नगप्रख्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रभिन्न-करट-आमुखम्: with face/temples streaming (rut), having burst temples
• प्रभिन्न-करट-आमुखम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रभिन्नकरटामुख
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रेषयामास: sent forth / dispatched
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-इष्
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic), Third, Singular

• संक्रुद्धः: enraged
• संक्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सं-क्रुध्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• श्वेत-अश्वम्: the white horse
• श्वेत-अश्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वेताश्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रति: towards / against
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

• पार्थिवः: the king
• पार्थिवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• the king (pārthivaḥ; identified in context as Vajradatta)
• Śvetāśva (Arjuna’s white-horsed chariot/banner-context)
• war-elephant (vāraṇa)