Shloka 8

अध्याय ९१ — शैनेयस्य गजानीकभेदनं जलसंधवधश्च

Chapter 91: Sātyaki breaks the elephant array and slays Jalasaṃdha

Devanagari script

पुण्डरीकवनानीव विध्वस्तानि समन्तत: । विनिकीर्णानि योधानां वदनानि चकाशिरे,सब ओर बिखरे हुए योद्धाओंके मुख कटकर गिरे हुए कमल-समूहोंके समान सुशोभित होने लगे

Transliteration

puṇḍarīkavanānīva vidhvastāni samantataḥ | vinikīrṇāni yodhānāṁ vadanāni cakāśire ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: All around, the faces of the warriors—shattered and strewn—shone like groves of white lotuses laid waste.

Word by Word

• पुण्डरीकवनानि: lotus-groves
• पुण्डरीकवनानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्डरीकवन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

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

• विध्वस्तानि: destroyed, shattered
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विध्वस्त
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• समन्ततः: on all sides, all around
• समन्ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः

• विनिकीर्णानि: scattered, strewn about
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विनिकीर्ण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• योधानाम्: of the warriors
• Type: Noun
• Root: योध
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• वदनानि: faces
• वदनानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वदन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• चकाशिरे: shone, appeared splendid
• Type: Verb
• Root: काश्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• warriors (yodhāḥ)
• white lotus groves (puṇḍarīkavanāni)