Shloka 51

Bhūriśravas–Sātyaki Saṃvāda and Duel; Arjuna’s Intervention (भूरिश्रवाः–सात्यकि संवादः, युद्धम्, अर्जुन-हस्तक्षेपः)

Devanagari script

तौ बाहू परिघप्रख्यौ पेततुर्गजसत्तमात्‌

Transliteration

tau bāhū parighaprakhyau petatur gajasattamāt

Translation

Sañjaya said: Those two arms, mighty as iron clubs, fell down from the best of elephants—signaling the violent undoing of a warrior’s power in the ruthless surge of battle.

Word by Word

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• बाहू: arms
• बाहू: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाहु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• परिघप्रख्यौ: resembling iron clubs/bars
• परिघप्रख्यौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परिघ-प्रख्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• पेततुः: fell
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Dual

• गजसत्तमात्: from the best of elephants
• गजसत्तमात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गजसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• elephant (gaja)
• arms (bāhu)
• iron club/bar (parigha)