Shloka 26

Devanagari script

ऐरावतकुले चैव तथान्येषु कुलेषु च । जाता दन्तिवरा राजन्‌ शेरते बहवो हता:,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

airāvatakule caiva tathānyēṣu kulēṣu ca | jātā dantivarā rājan śērātē bahavō hatāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O King, many excellent tusked elephants—born in the lineage of Airāvata and likewise in other famed lineages—lay there slain, strewn upon the earth.”

Word by Word

• ऐरावतकुले: in the lineage of Airāvata
• ऐरावतकुले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐरावतकुल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• तथा: likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• अन्येषु: in other (lineages)
• अन्येषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• कुलेषु: in families/lineages
• कुलेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• जाताः: born/arisen
• जाताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जात
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दन्तिवराः: excellent tuskers (great elephants)
• दन्तिवराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दन्तिवर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• शेरते: lie (stretched out)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शी
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Ātmanepada

• बहवः: many
• बहवः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• हताः: slain
• हताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• King Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Airāvata (elephant lineage)
• Elephants (war elephants)