Shloka 25

अध्याय ९१ — शैनेयस्य गजानीकभेदनं जलसंधवधश्च

Chapter 91: Sātyaki breaks the elephant array and slays Jalasaṃdha

Devanagari script

यथोदयन्‌ वै गगने सूर्यो हन्ति महत्‌ तमः । तथार्जुनो गजानीकमवधीत्‌ कड्कपत्रिभि:,जैसे आकाशमें उदित हुआ सूर्य महान्‌ अन्धकारको नष्ट कर देता है, उसी प्रकार अर्जुनने कंककी पाँखवाले बाणोंद्वारा उस गजसेनाका संहार कर डाला

Transliteration

yathodayan vai gagane sūryo hanti mahat tamaḥ | tathārjuno gajānīkam avadhīt kaṅkapatribhiḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Just as the sun, rising in the sky, destroys the vast darkness, so Arjuna, with arrows feathered like the wings of a heron, cut down and annihilated that elephant-corps.

Word by Word

• यथा: just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• उदयन्: rising
• उदयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + इ (उदय)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• गगने: in the sky
• गगने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गगन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सूर्यः: the sun
• सूर्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हन्ति: destroys
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Parasmaipada, 3rd, Singular

• महत्: great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तमः: darkness
• तमः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तथा: so, likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• अर्जुनः: Arjuna
• अर्जुनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गजानीकम्: elephant-corps, elephant-army
• गजानीकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गज + अनीक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अवधीत्: slew, killed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वध्
• Form: Aorist, Indicative, Parasmaipada, 3rd, Singular

• कङ्कपत्रिभिः: with arrows having heron-feathers
• कङ्कपत्रिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कङ्क + पत्रिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna
• Sūrya (the Sun)
• Gagana (the sky)
• Gajānīka (elephant corps)
• Kaṅka-patra (heron-feathered arrows)