Shloka 316

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

Devanagari script

आददे परिधघं घोर नगेन्द्रशिखरोपमम्‌ । अपने मुसलको कटा हुआ देख अभ्व॒त्थामाको बड़ा क्रोध हुआ और उसने पर्वतशिखरके समान एक भयंकर परिघ हाथमें ले लिया

Transliteration

ādade parighaṁ ghoraṁ nagendra-śikharopamam |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Seeing his club cut down, Aśvatthāmā was seized by fierce anger and took up in his hand a dreadful iron bludgeon, likened to the peak of a mighty mountain—an image of wrath escalating into renewed violence on the battlefield.

Word by Word

• आददे: took up, seized
• आददे: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-दा (डुदाञ् दाने)
• Form: LiT (Perfect), Ātmanepada, 3, singular

• परिघम्: an iron club/bar (parigha)
• परिघम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिघ
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• घोरम्: terrible, dreadful
• घोरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• नगेन्द्र-शिखर-उपमम्: comparable to a mountain-king’s peak
• नगेन्द्र-शिखर-उपमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नगेन्द्रशिखरोपम
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Aśvatthāmā
• parigha (iron bludgeon)
• musalaka (club, contextual)
• mountain peak (simile)