Shloka 35

भीमसेनस्य कौरवसुतवधः तथा श्रुतर्वावधः

Slaying of Kaurava princes and the fall of Śrutarvā

Devanagari script

प्रभिन्नकुम्भांस्तु बहून्‌ द्रवरमाणानितस्तत: । पतमानांश्व सम्प्रेक्ष्य वित्रेसुस्तव सैनिका:,कुम्भस्थल फट जानेके कारण इधर-उधर भागते और गिरते हुए बहुत-से हाथियोंको देखकर आपके सैनिक संत्रस्त हो उठे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

prabhinnakumbhāṁs tu bahūn dravamāṇān itas tataḥ |

patamānāṁś ca samprekṣya vitresus tava sainikāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Seeing many elephants with their temples split open, fleeing in all directions and collapsing as they ran, your soldiers were seized with terror.

Word by Word

• प्रभिन्नकुम्भान्: with split/burst temples (rutting-temples)
• प्रभिन्नकुम्भान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रभिन्नकुम्भ (प्र + भिद् + कुम्भ)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• बहून्: many
• बहून्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• द्रवमाणान्: running/fleeing
• द्रवमाणान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्रवत् (धातु: द्रु/द्रव्)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• इतस्: from here/this side
• इतस्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इतस्

• ततः: from there/then
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• पतमानान्: falling
• पतमानान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पतत् (धातु: पत्)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• सम्प्रेक्ष्य: having seen/observing
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + प्र + ईक्ष्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• वित्रेसुः: were terrified/trembled
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + त्रस्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Plural

• तव: your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: All, Genitive, Singular

• सैनिकाः: soldiers
• सैनिकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैनिक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kaurava soldiers
• war-elephants