Shloka 44

Devanagari script

गदाविमुक्तौ तौ भूय: समासाद्येतरेतरम्‌

Transliteration

gadāvimuktau tau bhūyaḥ samāsādya itaretaram

Translation

Sañjaya said: Having let go of their maces, the two warriors once again closed in upon each other, re-engaging at close quarters—unyielding in resolve as the battle’s fury pressed them toward renewed confrontation.

Word by Word

• गदा-विमुक्तौ: released from (their) maces / having let go of the mace
• गदा-विमुक्तौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गदा-विमुक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• भूयः: again, once more
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्

• समासाद्य: having approached/closed in on
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√सद्
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), Parasmaipada (usage)

• इतरेतरम्: each other (mutually)
• इतरेतरम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इतरेतर
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• gadā (mace)