Shloka 21

Adhyāya 41 — Kṛṣṇa’s Battlefield Briefing and the Renewal of the Great Engagement

Devanagari script

प्रमाथिनं बलवन्तं प्रहारिणं प्रभञ्जनं मातरिश्वानमुग्रम्‌

Transliteration

pramāthinaṃ balavantaṃ prahāriṇaṃ prabhañjanaṃ mātariśvānam ugram

Translation

Sañjaya said: “(He was) a crushing force—mighty, a relentless striker—like the tempest, like fierce Mātariśvan (the Wind).”

Word by Word

• प्रमाथिनम्: the crushing/tormenting one
• प्रमाथिनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रमाथिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• बलवन्तम्: the strong one
• बलवन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलवत्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रहारिणम्: the striker/assailant
• प्रहारिणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रहारिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रभञ्जनम्: the shatterer; (name/epithet of) the Wind
• प्रभञ्जनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभञ्जन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मातरिश्वानम्: Mātariśvan (the Wind-god)
• मातरिश्वानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातरिश्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उग्रम्: fierce, terrible
• उग्रम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Mātariśvan (Vāyu/Wind)