Shloka 233

Devanagari script

मातड़ इव मातड़ं यूथर्षभमिवर्ष भ: । जैसे एक यूथपति गजराजका सामना करनेके लिये दूसरे यूथका अधिपति गजराज चढ़ आता है, उसी प्रकार बाणोंकी वर्षा करते हुए घटोत्कचपर बाणोंकी बौछार करते हुए कर्णने उसके ऊपर निकटसे आक्रमण किया

Transliteration

mātaṅga iva mātaṅgaṁ yūtharṣabham iva vṛṣabhaḥ | yathāikaḥ yūthapatiḥ gajarājaḥ anyasya yūthādhipateḥ gajarājasya samāgamaṁ kartum abhyeti, tathā bāṇavarṣaṁ kurvan ghaṭotkace bāṇabauṣāraṁ nipātayan karṇaḥ tasya upari nikatataḥ abhyakrāmat |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Like one mighty elephant charging another, like a dominant bull confronting a rival leader, Karṇa closed in on Ghaṭotkaca at close quarters. Showering him with a dense rain of arrows, Karṇa pressed the attack to check the terrifying onslaught on the battlefield.

Word by Word

• मातङ्गः: elephant
• मातङ्गः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातङ्ग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• मातङ्गम्: elephant (as object)
• मातङ्गम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातङ्ग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यूथर्षभम्: leader-bull of the herd (herd-lord)
• यूथर्षभम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यूथर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• ऋषभः: bull; chief/leader
• ऋषभः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karṇa
• Ghaṭotkaca
• arrows (bāṇa)
• elephant (mātaṅga)
• herd/troop (yūtha)