Shloka 12

Bhīṣma-parva Adhyāya 16 — Saṃjaya’s Boon, Bhīṣma’s Protection, and the Dawn Arraying of Armies

Devanagari script

काज्चना मणिचित्राज्रा ज्वलन्त इव पावका: । अर्चिष्मन्तो व्यरोचन्त गजारोहा: सहस्रश:,सुवर्णमय आभूषण पहने, मणियोंके अलंकारोंसे विचित्र अंगोंवाले, सहस्रों हाथीसवार सैनिक अपनी प्रभासे शिखाओंसहित प्रज्वलित अग्निके समान प्रकाशित हो रहे थे

Transliteration

kāñcanā maṇicitrāṅgā jvalanta iva pāvakāḥ | arcīṣmanto vyarocanta gajārohāḥ sahasraśaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Thousands of elephant-mounted warriors, adorned with golden ornaments and limbs made variegated by jeweled decorations, shone brilliantly—like blazing fires with streaming flames—radiating splendor across the battlefield.

Word by Word

• काञ्चनाः: golden (adorned with gold)
• काञ्चनाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काञ्चन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मणिचित्राङ्गाः: whose bodies/limbs are variegated with jewels
• मणिचित्राङ्गाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मणिचित्राङ्ग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ज्वलन्तः: blazing
• ज्वलन्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्वलत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• इव: as if/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• पावकाः: fires
• Type: Noun
• Root: पावक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अर्चिष्मन्तः: flame-bearing, radiant
• अर्चिष्मन्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्चिष्मत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• व्यरोचन्त: shone forth
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + रुच्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• गजारोहाः: elephant-riders
• गजारोहाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गजारोह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सहस्रशः: by thousands, in thousands
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस्

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• elephant-riders (gajārohāḥ)
• gold ornaments (kāñcana-ābharaṇa implied)
• jewels/gems (maṇi)
• fire (pāvaka)