Shloka 16

Devanagari script

रथघोष: स संग्रामे पाण्डवेयस्य सम्बभौ । वासवाशनितुल्यस्य मेघौघस्येव मारिष

Transliteration

rathaghoṣaḥ sa saṅgrāme pāṇḍaveyasya sambabhau | vāsavāśanitulyasya meghaughasyeva māriṣa ||

Translation

માન્યવર! સંગ્રામમાં પાંડવેય (અર્જુન)ના રથનો તે ઘઘરઘોષ વાસવ (ઇન્દ્ર)ના વજ્રની ગર્જના સમાન અને મેઘસમૂહોની ગર્જના જેવો લાગતો હતો।

Word by Word

• रथघोषः: the sound/roar of the chariot
• रथघोषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथघोष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: that/he (i.e., that sound)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संग्रामे: in the battle
• संग्रामे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्राम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पाण्डवेयस्य: of the son of Pाण्डु (Arjuna)
• पाण्डवेयस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डवेय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सम्बभौ: appeared/seemed
• Type: Verb
• Root: भा
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वासवाशनितुल्यस्य: of (something) equal to Indra's thunderbolt
• वासवाशनितुल्यस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वासवाशनितुल्य
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• मेघौघस्य: of a mass/stream of clouds
• मेघौघस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेघौघ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• मारिष: O venerable one / sir
• Type: Noun
• Root: मारिष
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Pāṇḍu
• Indra (Vāsava)
• chariot
• thunderbolt (aśani/vajra)
• storm-clouds (megha)