Shloka 14

आत्मदोष-उपदेशः तथा भीम-धृष्टद्युम्नयोः संयोगः

Self-Causation Counsel and the Bhīma–Dhṛṣṭadyumna Convergence

Devanagari script

आक्रोशन्‌ कुण्जरास्तत्र शरवर्षप्रतापिता: । तावकानां परेषां च संयुगे भरतर्षभ

Transliteration

ākrośan kuñjarās tatra śaravarṣapratāpitāḥ | tāvakānāṁ pareṣāṁ ca saṁyuge bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: There, in the thick of battle, the elephants—scorched and driven frantic by the storm of arrows—cried out loudly, on both sides, yours and the enemy’s, O bull among the Bharatas. The scene underscores how war’s violence overwhelms even the mighty, making suffering impartial and indiscriminate.

Word by Word

• आक्रोशन्: cried out, trumpeted
• आक्रोशन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आक्रुश्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• कुञ्जराः: elephants
• कुञ्जराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुञ्जर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• शरवर्षप्रतापिताः: tormented by a shower of arrows
• शरवर्षप्रतापिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शर-वर्ष-प्रतापित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तावकानाम्: of your (side), of the Kauravas
• तावकानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तावक
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• परेषाम्: of the others, of the enemies
• परेषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• संयुगे: in battle
• संयुगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयुग
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by address: bharatarṣabha)
• Elephants (kuñjarāḥ)
• Arrows (śarāḥ)
• Kaurava army (tāvakāḥ)
• Pāṇḍava army (pare)