Shloka 7

अर्जुनस्य गुरुधर्मविलापः तथा शैनेयकर्णयोर्युद्धारम्भः | Arjuna’s Lament on Guru-Dharma and the Opening of the Sātyaki–Karṇa Duel

Devanagari script

उनके कंधे और चाल-ढाल वृषभके समान थे। नेत्र भी वृषभके ही तुल्य बड़े-बड़े थे। वे नरश्रेष्ठ सात्यकि आपके सैनिकोंके बीचमें उसी प्रकार सुशोभित होते थे, जैसे गौओंके झुंडमें साँड़की शोभा होती है ।। मत्तद्विरदसंकाशं मत्तद्विरदगामिनम्‌ | प्रभिन्नमिव मातडूं यूथमध्ये व्यवस्थितम्‌

Transliteration

mattadvirada-saṅkāśaṃ mattadvirada-gāminam | prabhinnam iva mātaṅgaṃ yūtha-madhye vyavasthitam ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Sātyaki, the foremost of men, appeared amid your troops like a rutting elephant—massive in presence and moving with the gait of a maddened tusker—like a great elephant that has broken into the midst of a herd.

Word by Word

मत्तintoxicated, rutting

द्विरदelephant

संकाशम्resembling, like

मत्तintoxicated, rutting

द्विरदelephant

गामिनम्moving/going (like), having the gait of

प्रभिन्नम्bursting forth (with rut), in full rut

इवas if, like

मातङ्गम्elephant

यूथin the herd/troop

मध्येin the middle

व्यवस्थितम्standing/placed, stationed

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Sātyaki

Kaurava troops (your soldiers)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes