Shloka 40

Adhyāya 18 — Sequential Duels and Formation Pressure

Ulūka–Yuyutsu; Śakuni–Sutasoma; Kṛpa–Dhṛṣṭadyumna; Kṛtavarmā–Śikhaṇḍin

Devanagari script

साडगुलिन्रैर्भुजाग्रैश्न विप्रविद्धेरलंकृतैः । हस्तिहस्तोपमैश्छिन्नैरूरुभिश्न॒ तरस्विनाम्‌

Transliteration

ṣāḍgulīndrair bhujāgraiś ca vipraviddhair alaṅkṛtaiḥ | hastihastopamaiś chinnair ūrubhiś ca tarasvinām ||

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: “Medan perang berserakan oleh ujung-ujung lengan dan lengan bawah yang terpenggal, masih bersarung tangan, berhias gelang lengan, dan tertembus anak panah; juga paha para kesatria perkasa yang tertebas, besar laksana belalai gajah.”

Word by Word

• षड्गुलिन्रैः: with six-fingered (hands/arms)
• षड्गुलिन्रैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: षड्गुलिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• भुजाग्रैः: with the tips/ends of arms
• भुजाग्रैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुजाग्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• विप्रविद्धैः: pierced, transfixed
• विप्रविद्धैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विप्रविद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• अलंकृतैः: adorned, decorated
• अलंकृतैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अलंकृत
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• हस्तिहस्तोपमैः: like elephants' trunks
• हस्तिहस्तोपमैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हस्तिहस्तोपम
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• छिन्नैः: cut off, severed
• छिन्नैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छिन्न
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• ऊरुभिः: with thighs
• ऊरुभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊरु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• तरस्विनाम्: of the mighty/impetuous (warriors)
• तरस्विनाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तरस्विन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• arms/forearms (bhujāḥ)
• thighs (ūravaḥ)
• elephant trunk (hastihasta) as simile
• ornaments/armlets (implicit in alaṅkṛtaiḥ)