Shloka 14

अभिमन्योर् विक्रमः — Abhimanyu’s Disruptive Advance and the Gāndharva-astra Counter

Devanagari script

सखडूगा: साड््‌गुलित्राणा: सपट्टिशपरश्व धा: । अदृश्यन्त भुजाश्छिन्ना हेमाभरणभूषिता:,सोनेके आभूषणोंसे विभूषित उनकी भुजाएँ खड्ग, दस्ताने, पट्टिश और फरसोंसहित कटी दिखायी देने लगीं

Transliteration

sa-khaḍgāḥ sa-aṅgulitrāṇāḥ sa-paṭṭiśa-paraśvadhāḥ | adṛśyanta bhujāś chinnā hema-ābharaṇa-bhūṣitāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Arms, severed in the fighting, were seen lying about—still adorned with golden ornaments, and still bearing their weapons: swords, protective hand-guards, paṭṭiśa-blades, and axes. The scene underscores the terrible cost of war, where the signs of rank and valor become mere remnants amid indiscriminate destruction.

Word by Word

• सखड्गाः: having swords (with swords)
• सखड्गाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: खड्ग
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• साङ्गुलित्राणाः: having finger-guards/gauntlets
• साङ्गुलित्राणाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अङ्गुलित्राण
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• सपट्टिशपरश्वधाः: having battle-axes and hatchets
• सपट्टिशपरश्वधाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पट्टिश/परश्वध
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• अदृश्यन्त: were seen/appeared
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Ātmanepada

• भुजाः: arms
• भुजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुजा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• छिन्नाः: cut off, severed
• छिन्नाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छिद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural, kta (past passive participle)

• हेमाभरणभूषिताः: adorned with golden ornaments
• हेमाभरणभूषिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हेम/आभरण/भूषित
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural, kta (past passive participle)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• sword (khaḍga)
• hand-guard/gauntlet (aṅgulitrāṇa)
• paṭṭiśa weapon
• axe (paraśvadha)
• gold ornaments (hema-ābharaṇa)
• severed arms (bhujāḥ chinnāḥ)