Shloka 33
Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya
Chapter 29
Devanagari script
यः सहस््रं सहस्राणां गजानां पद्ममालिनाम्
Transliteration
yaḥ sahasraṃ sahasrāṇāṃ gajānāṃ padmamālinām
Translation
Dijo Vāyu: «Aquel que (puede contender) contra miles y miles de elefantes, adornados con guirnaldas de loto…»
Word by Word
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सहस्रम्a thousand
सहस्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसहस्र
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
सहस्राणाम्of thousands
सहस्राणाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसहस्र
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
गजानाम्of elephants
गजानाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootगज
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
पद्ममालिनाम्garlanded with lotuses
पद्ममालिनाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootपद्ममालिन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
Speaker
वायुदेव उवाच
Characters & Entities
व
वायुदेव (Vāyudeva)ग
गज (elephants)प
पद्ममाला (lotus-garland)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The line uses epic hyperbole to frame extraordinary strength and heroic capacity; ethically, such praise in the Mahābhārata often serves to highlight the ideal of controlled power—might that should be aligned with dharma rather than mere domination.
Vāyudeva is speaking and begins (or continues) a laudatory description of a figure’s prowess, comparing him to someone capable of facing innumerable elephants decorated for display or ceremony.