Shloka 41

शल्यपरिघातः (Śalya Under Encirclement) — Mahābhārata, Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 12

Devanagari script

तद्रज: पुरुषव्यात्र शोणितेन प्रशामितम्‌

Transliteration

tad rajaḥ puruṣavyāghra śoṇitena praśāmitam

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: “Wahai harimau di antara manusia, debu itu pun diredam dan ditenangkan oleh darah.”

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• रजः: dust
• रजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• पुरुषव्याघ्र: O tiger among men
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषव्याघ्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• शोणितेन: with blood
• शोणितेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोणित
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• प्रशामितम्: was quenched/was pacified
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-शम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• puruṣavyāghra (addressed hero, typically Dhṛtarāṣṭra in Sañjaya’s narration)
• rajaḥ (battlefield dust)
• śoṇita (blood)