Sutra 14
Devanagari script
परानीकव्यूहदुर्गस्कन्धावारप्रमर्दना ह्यतिप्रमाणशरीराः प्राणहरकर्माणो हस्तिनः ॥ कZ_०२.२.१४ ॥
Transliteration
parānīkavyūhadurgaskandhāvārapramardanā hyatipramāṇaśarīrāḥ prāṇaharakarmāṇo hastinaḥ
Translation
अत्यन्त विशाल शरीर और प्राणघातक बल वाले हाथी शत्रु की युद्ध-व्यूह-रचना, दुर्ग और सैन्य-शिविर को रौंद सकते हैं।
Word by Word
परानीकव्यूहदुर्गस्कन्धावारप्रमर्दनाः(Elephants) that crush enemy armies, battle formations, forts, and military camps
परानीकव्यूहदुर्गस्कन्धावारप्रमर्दनाः:
TypeAdjective (Kṛdanta)
Rootमृद् (मर्दने)
Formप्रथमा-बहुवचनम्, पुंलिङ्गः; क्तृ-प्रत्ययान्त (प्रमर्दन) ‘one who crushes’; समासः: पर-आनीक-व्यूह-दुर्ग-स्कन्धावार-प्रमर्दन (of crushing enemy-armies, battle-formations, forts, and camps)
हिindeed / for
हि:
TypeParticle
Rootहि (निपात)
Formनिपातः; हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ-प्रयोगः
अतिप्रमाणशरीराःhaving very large bodies
अतिप्रमाणशरीराः:
TypeAdjective (Compound)
Rootशरीर
Formप्रथमा-बहुवचनम्, पुंलिङ्गः; समासः: अति-प्रमाण-शरीर (having a body of excessive/very great size)
प्राणहरकर्माणःwhose actions are life-taking (lethal)
प्राणहरकर्माणः:
TypeAdjective (Compound)
Rootहृ (हरणे)
Formप्रथमा-बहुवचनम्, पुंलिङ्गः; समासः: प्राण-हर-कर्मन् (whose actions take away life)
हस्तिनःelephants
हस्तिनः:
TypeNoun
Rootहस्तिन्
Formप्रथमा-बहुवचनम्, पुंलिङ्गः; ‘elephant’
Entities Mentioned
E
enemy formationsF
fortsC
campsW
war elephantsFAQs
They function as a shock-and-breach capability: breaking formations, pressuring fortifications, and disrupting camp security.