Shloka 23
भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय ९६: सौभद्रस्य आक्रमणम्, अलम्बुसस्य प्रतिविधानम्
Abhimanyu’s assault; Alambusa’s counter-engagement
Devanagari script
सहसा चाभववत् तीव्रं संनिपातान्महद् रज: । गजाश्वरथपत्तीनां पदनेमिसमुद्धतम्
Transliteration
sahasā cābhavattīvraṃ saṃnipātān mahad rajaḥ | gajāśvarathapattīnāṃ padanemisamuddhatam ||
Translation
Tiba-tiba, dari benturan yang dahsyat itu, bangkitlah awan debu besar yang ganas—terhambur oleh hentakan kaki gajah, kuda, prajurit pejalan, serta oleh gelinding bibir roda kereta perang.
Word by Word
सहसाsuddenly, at once
सहसा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसहसा
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
अभवत्arose, came to be
अभवत्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
Formलङ् (Imperfect), 3, singular, परस्मैपदम्
तीव्रम्intense, violent
तीव्रम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootतीव्र
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, singular
संनिपातात्from the collision/close encounter
संनिपातात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootसंनिपात
Formmasculine, ablative, singular
महत्great, huge
महत्:
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, singular
रजःdust
रजः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootरजस्
Formneuter, nominative, singular
गजof elephants
गज:
TypeNoun
Rootगज
Formmasculine, genitive, plural, as first member in compound गजाश्वरथपत्तीनाम
अश्वof horses
अश्व:
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व
Formmasculine, genitive, plural, as member in compound गजाश्वरथपत्तीनाम
रथof chariots
रथ:
TypeNoun
Rootरथ
Formmasculine, genitive, plural, as member in compound गजाश्वरथपत्तीनाम
पत्तीनाम्of foot-soldiers (infantry); (together) of elephants, horses, chariots, and infantry
पत्तीनाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootपत्ति
Formmasculine, genitive, plural, compound as a whole: गज-अश्व-रथ-पत्तीनाम् (of elephants, horses, chariots, and foot-soldiers)
पदby (their) feet/steps
पद:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपद
Formneuter, instrumental, plural, as first member in compound पदनेमिसमुद्धतम्
नेमिby (their) wheel-rims
नेमि:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootनेमि
Formfeminine, instrumental, plural, as member in compound पदनेमिसमुद्धतम्
समुद्धतम्raised up, stirred up
समुद्धतम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-उद्-हृ (समुद्धृत)
Formneuter, nominative, singular, क्त (past passive participle), qualifies रजः; compound पद-नेमि-समुद्धतम् = raised up by feet and wheel-rims
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
स
संजय (Sañjaya)र
रजः (dust-cloud)ग
गज (elephants)अ
अश्व (horses)र
रथ (chariots)प
पत्ति (infantry)न
नेमि (wheel-rims)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes