Shloka 1636

Cakravyūha-saṃkalpaḥ, Saṃśaptaka-āhvānaṃ, Saubhadra-vikrīḍitam

Drona Parva, Adhyāya 32

Devanagari script

बभ्रमु: समरे नागा मृद्नन्त: शतशो नरान्‌ । कितने ही गजराज अपने दाँतोंमें लगी हुई मनुष्योंकी आँतें लिये समरभूमिमें सैकड़ों योद्धाओंको कुचलते हुए चक्कर लगा रहे थे

Transliteration

babhromuḥ samare nāgā mṛdnantaḥ śataśo narān | katine hī gajarājāḥ svadantāntaralagnā manuṣyāṇām āntre dhṛtvā samarabhūmau saikṛt śataśo yoddhṝn mardayantaḥ paribabhramuḥ ||

Translation

Di medan laga, gajah-gajah besar berputar-putar, menginjak-injak manusia hingga ratusan. Beberapa gajah raja, dengan usus manusia tersangkut pada gadingnya, berkeliling di tanah perang sambil menghancurkan banyak prajurit.

Word by Word

• बभ्रमुः: they roamed/whirled about
• Type: Verb
• Root: भ्रम्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• समरे: in the battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• नागाः: elephants
• नागाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मृद्नन्तः: crushing/trampling
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृद्
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शतशः: by hundreds; in hundreds
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शतशस्

• नरान्: men/warriors
• नरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• nāgāḥ (war-elephants)
• gajarājāḥ (great tuskers)
• narāḥ (men/warriors)
• samarabhūmi (battlefield)
• dantāḥ (tusks)
• āntre (entrails)