Shloka 19

वनप्रस्थानम् (Departure for the Forest) — Āraṇyaka-parva, Adhyāya 24

Devanagari script

करेणुयूथै: सह यूथपानां मदोत्कटानामचलप्रभाणाम्‌ | महान्ति यूथानि महाद्विपानां तस्मिन्‌ वने राष्ट्रपतिर्ददर्श,राष्ट्रपति युधिष्ठिरको उस वनमें पर्वतोंके समान प्रतीत होनेवाले मदोन्मत्त गजराजोंके, जो एक-एक यूथके अधिपति थे, हथिनियोंके साथ विचरनेवाले कितने ही भारी-भारी झुंड दिखायी दिये

Transliteration

kareṇuyūthaiḥ saha yūthapānāṁ madotkaṭānām acalaprabhāṇām | mahānti yūthāni mahādvipānāṁ tasmin vane rājapatis dadarśa ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: In that forest the king (Yudhiṣṭhira) beheld many great herds of mighty elephants—rut-maddened leaders of their troops—moving about with bands of cow-elephants, appearing as massive and immovable as mountains.

Word by Word

करेणुयूथैःwith herds of female elephants

सहtogether with

यूथपानाम्of the herd-leaders

मदोत्कटानाम्of those fierce with rut/intoxication

अचलप्रभाणाम्of those having mountain-like splendor/appearance

महान्तिgreat, huge

यूथानिherds, troops

महाद्विपानाम्of great elephants

तस्मिन्in that

वनेin the forest

राजर्षिःthe royal sage (Yudhiṣṭhira)

ददर्शsaw

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Yudhiṣṭhira (rājapati)

forest (vana)

elephant herds (yūthāni)

herd-leader elephants (yūthapānaḥ)

female elephants (kareṇuyaḥ)

mountains (acala)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes