Shloka 22

Vāg-yuddha and Nimitta-darśana before the Gadāyuddha

Verbal Duel and Omens

Devanagari script

तावन्योन्यं निरीक्षेतां क्रुद्धाविव महाद्विपौ

Transliteration

tāv anyonyaṃ nirīkṣetāṃ kruddhāv iva mahādvipau

Translation

Dijo Sañjaya: Los dos se encararon, clavando la mirada el uno en el otro—como dos grandes elefantes en celo, enfurecidos y listos para embestir.

Word by Word

• तौ: those two (they two)
• तौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• अन्योन्यम्: each other / mutually
• अन्योन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्योन्य

• निरीक्षेताम्: they two looked at / beheld
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-ईक्ष्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), Third, Dual, Parasmaipada

• क्रुद्धौ: angry
• क्रुद्धौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• इव: like / as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• महाद्विपौ: two great elephants
• महाद्विपौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाद्विप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• two warriors (unnamed in this verse)
• great elephants (simile)