Shloka 19

शल्यपर्व — चतुर्विंशोऽध्यायः | Śalya Parva, Chapter 24: Disruption of Kaurava Formations and the Elephant Encirclement

Devanagari script

समुद्रकल्पं च बल धार्तराष्ट्रस्य माधव । अस्मानासाद्य संजातं गोष्पदोपममच्युत,“माधव! अच्युत! दुर्योधनकी समुद्र-जैसी अनन्त सेना हमलोगोंसे टक्कर लेकर आज गायकी खुरीके समान हो गयी है

Transliteration

samudrakalpaṃ ca balaṃ dhārtarāṣṭrasya mādhava | asmān āsādya saṃjātaṃ goṣpadopamam acyuta ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O Mādhava, O Acyuta! The Dhārtarāṣṭra host—once vast like the ocean—has, upon coming into collision with us, been reduced to something as small as a cow’s hoofprint.”

Word by Word

• समुद्रकल्पम्: ocean-like
• समुद्रकल्पम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समुद्रकल्प
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• बलम्: army, force
• बलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• धार्तराष्ट्रस्य: of Dhṛtarāṣṭra's son (Duryodhana)
• धार्तराष्ट्रस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: धार्तराष्ट्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• माधव: O Mādhava
• माधव: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: माधव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अस्मान्: us
• अस्मान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Plural

• आसाद्य: having encountered/attacked
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√सद्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here), —

• संजातम्: has become
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√जन्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• गोष्पदोपमम्: like a cow’s hoofprint (tiny)
• गोष्पदोपमम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गोष्पदोपम
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अच्युत: O Acyuta
• अच्युत: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अच्युत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa)
• Acyuta (Kṛṣṇa)
• Dhārtarāṣṭra host (Kaurava army)
• Duryodhana (implied by 'Dhārtarāṣṭrasya')
• Ocean (metaphor)
• Cow’s hoofprint (metaphor)