Shloka 11

Devanagari script

शतान्यष्टौ वारणानामपश्य॑ विशातितै: कुम्भकराग्रहस्तै: । भीमेनाजौ निहतान्यद्य बाणै: स मां क्रूरं वक्तुमर्हत्यरिघ्न:,मैंने देखा है आज भीमसेनने युद्धस्थलमें अपने बाणोंद्वारा शत्रुपक्षके आठ सौ हाथियोंको उनके कुम्भस्थल, शुण्ड और शुण्डाग्रभाग काटकर मार डाला है, वे शत्रुहन्ता भीमसेन ही मुझसे कठोर वचन कहनेके अधिकारी हैं

Transliteration

arjuna uvāca | śatāny aṣṭau vāraṇānām apaśya viśātitaiḥ kumbhakarāgrahastaiḥ | bhīmenājau nihatāny adya bāṇaiḥ sa māṁ krūraṁ vaktum arhaty arighnaḥ ||

Translation

Arjuna said: “I have seen today, on the battlefield, eight hundred elephants slain by Bhīma with his arrows—after their temples, trunks, and the tips of their trunks were cut down. That very Bhīma, the destroyer of foes, alone has the right to speak harsh words to me.”

Word by Word

• शतानि: hundreds
• शतानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• अष्टौ: eight
• अष्टौ: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वारणानाम्: of elephants
• वारणानाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अपश्यत्: I saw
• अपश्यत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Imperfect, 1st, Singular

• विशातितैः: with (those) cut to pieces
• विशातितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-शातित
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• कुम्भकराग्रहस्तैः: with (their) temples, trunks, and trunk-tips
• कुम्भकराग्रहस्तैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुम्भ-कर-ग्रहस्त
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• भीमेन: by Bhima
• भीमेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अजौ: in battle
• अजौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• निहतानि: slain
• निहतानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि-हत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• बाणैः: with arrows
• बाणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• क्रूरम्: harsh (word/speech)
• क्रूरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रूर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वक्तुम्: to speak
• वक्तुम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Infinitive

• अर्हति: is entitled / deserves
• अर्हति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular

• अरिघ्नः: enemy-slayer
• अरिघ्नः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरिघ्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Bhima (Bhimasena)
• elephants (war-elephants)
• arrows
• battlefield