Shloka 176

Adhyāya 14: Śalya’s Missile-Pressure and the Pāṇḍava Convergence (शल्यस्य शरवर्षम्)

Devanagari script

अगम्यरूपा पृथिवी मांसशोणितकर्दमा | प्रजानाथ! कुपित हुए अर्जुनके रथके मार्गकी भूमिपर मांस और रक्तकी कीच जम जानेके कारण वहाँ चलना-फिरना असम्भव हो गया

Transliteration

agamyārūpā pṛthivī māṃsaśoṇitakardamā | prajānātha! kupite 'rjunasya rathasya mārgabhūmau māṃsa-rakta-kīcakaṃ saṃjajñe, tena tatra gamanāgamanam asambhavam abhavat |

Translation

Sanjaya said: O lord of men, the earth became impassable—turned into mire of flesh and blood. When Arjuna’s chariot raged onward, the ground along its path was so clogged with the sludge of flesh and gore that movement there became impossible.

Word by Word

• अगम्यरूपा: of impassable form; impossible to traverse
• अगम्यरूपा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अगम्यरूप (अगम्य + रूप)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• पृथिवी: the earth/ground
• पृथिवी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• मांसशोणितकर्दमा: having mire of flesh and blood; flesh-and-blood-muddy
• मांसशोणितकर्दमा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मांसशोणितकर्दम (मांस + शोणित + कर्दम)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Arjuna
• Dhritarashtra
• Arjuna's chariot
• Earth/ground (pṛthivī)