Shloka 16

Adhyāya 140: Rātriyuddhe Droṇa-prāpti-prayatnaḥ

Night engagement and the attempt to reach Droṇa

Devanagari script

वारणाश्वमनुष्याणां रुधिरौघसमुद्धवा । संवृता गतसच्त्वैश्व मनुष्यगजवाजिभि:,हाथी, घोड़े और मनुष्योंके रुधिरसमूहसे उस नदीका प्राकट्य हुआ था। वह प्राणशून्य मनुष्यों, हाथियों और घोड़ोंसे घिरी हुई थी

Transliteration

vāraṇāśva-manuṣyāṇāṁ rudhiraugha-samudbhavā | saṁvṛtā gata-sattvaiś ca manuṣya-gaja-vājibhiḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: From the torrents of blood of elephants, horses, and men, that river came into being. It was hemmed in on all sides by lifeless bodies—men, elephants, and horses—so that the battlefield itself appeared like a dreadful stream born of slaughter.

Word by Word

वारणof elephants

अश्वof horses

मनुष्याणाम्of men

रुधिरof blood

ओघof a flood/stream

समुद्धवाarisen/produced (from)

संवृताcovered/surrounded

गतgone, departed

सत्त्वैःwith lives/with beings (i.e., life-breaths)

चand

मनुष्यby/with men

गजby/with elephants

वाजिभिःby/with horses

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

elephants

horses

men

river (formed of blood)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes