Shloka 25

Devanagari script

सुप्रतीककुले जाता महापद्मकुले तथा,नरेश्वर! सुप्रतीक, महापद्मय, ऐरावत तथा अन्य [पुण्डरीक, पुष्पदन्‍्त और सार्वभौम-- (इन) दिग्गजोंके] कुलोंमें उत्पन्न हुए बहुतेरे दंतार हाथी भी वहाँ धरतीपर लोट रहे थे

Transliteration

supratīkakule jātā mahāpadmakule tathā, nareśvara! supratīka-mahāpadmaya-airāvata tathā anya (puṇḍarīka-puṣpadanta-sārvabhauma) diggajānāṃ kuleṣu utpannā bahavaḥ dantāra hastinaḥ api tatra dharaṇyāṃ loṭamānāḥ sma

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O king, many tusked elephants of royal stock—born in the lineages of Supratīka and Mahāpadma, and likewise of Airāvata, as well as other famed ‘world-elephant’ clans such as Puṇḍarīka, Puṣpadanta, and Sārvabhauma—were there, rolling upon the earth.”

Word by Word

सुप्रतीककुलेin the lineage of Supratīka

जाताborn (having been born)

महापद्मकुलेin the lineage of Mahāpadma

तथाand also/likewise

नरेश्वरO lord of men (king)

सुप्रतीकSupratīka (name)

महापद्मMahāpadma (name)

ऐरावतAirāvata (name)

तथाand also

अन्यother

पुण्डरीकPuṇḍarīka (name)

पुष्पदन्तPuṣpadanta (name; 'flower-tusked')

सार्वभौमSārvabhauma (name)

दिग्गजof the directional elephants (world-elephants)

कुलोंin (their) lineages

उत्पन्नarisen/born

बहवःmany

दन्ताराःtusked

हस्तिनःelephants

अपिalso/even

तत्रthere

भूमौon the ground

लोटन्तेwere rolling/lay rolling

आसन्were

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (addressed as nareśvara)

Supratīka

Mahāpadma

Airāvata

Puṇḍarīka

Puṣpadanta

Sārvabhauma

war-elephants (diggaja/hastin)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes