Shloka 2

Śālva’s Elephant Assault and the Counterstroke (शाल्वस्य नागारूढाभ्यवहारः)

Devanagari script

वणिजो नावि भिन्नायां यथागाधेडप्लवे<र्णवे । अपारे पतिमच्छन्तो हते शूरे महात्मना

Transliteration

vaṇijo nāvi bhinnāyāṃ yathāgādhe ’ḍaplave ’rṇave | apāre patim acchanto hate śūre mahātmanā ||

Translation

Sañjaya dijo: «Así como los mercaderes, cuando su nave se hace pedazos en el océano profundo y sin orillas, desvalidos buscan un protector, así también, cuando aquel héroe magnánimo fue abatido, los guerreros—privados de apoyo—miraron en derredor en busca de un caudillo que los salvara y los mantuviera firmes».

Word by Word

• वणिजः: merchants
• वणिजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वणिज्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नावि: in a ship
• नावि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नौ
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• भिन्नायाम्: broken, shattered
• भिन्नायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भिन्न
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• अगाधे: in the unfathomable (deep)
• अगाधे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अगाध
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• उदप्लवे: in the flood/overwhelming waters
• उदप्लवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदप्लव
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अर्णवे: in the ocean
• अर्णवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्णव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अपारे: in the boundless (sea)
• अपारे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपार
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पतिम्: lord, master, protector
• पतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अच्छन्तः: seeking, resorting to, going to
• अच्छन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अञ्च्
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• हते: when slain, upon being killed
• हते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हत
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• शूरे: in/when the hero
• शूरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• महात्मना: by the great-souled one
• महात्मना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• merchants (vaṇijaḥ)
• ship (nauḥ)
• ocean (arṇava)