Shloka 15

अर्जुनस्य गुरुधर्मविलापः तथा शैनेयकर्णयोर्युद्धारम्भः | Arjuna’s Lament on Guru-Dharma and the Opening of the Sātyaki–Karṇa Duel

Devanagari script

मामेवाभिमुखं तूर्ण गजाश्वरथपत्तिमत्‌ । नादयन्‌ वै दिश: सर्वा रथघोषेण सारथे

Transliteration

mām evābhimukhaṃ tūrṇaṃ gajāśvarathapattimat | nādayan vai diśaḥ sarvā rathaghoṣeṇa sārathi

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Rushing straight toward me, with elephants, horses, chariots, and foot-soldiers, he made all the directions resound with the thunder of his chariot—O charioteer.”

Word by Word

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अभिमुखम्: facing (towards)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभिमुख
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तूर्णम्: swiftly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूर्ण

• गज: elephant
• Type: Noun
• Root: गज
• Form: Masculine, —, —

• अश्व: horse
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व
• Form: Masculine, —, —

• रथ: chariot
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, —, —

• पत्ति: foot-soldier
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्ति
• Form: Masculine, —, —

• मत्: possessing/with
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• नादयन्: making resound/causing to roar
• नादयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नद्
• Form: Present, —, Singular, Parasmaipada, Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine Nominative Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• दिशः: directions/quarters
• दिशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• सर्वाः: all
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• रथ: chariot
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, —, —

• घोषेण: with the noise/clamor
• घोषेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: घोष
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सारथे: O charioteer
• Type: Noun
• Root: सारथि
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• charioteer (sārathi)
• elephants
• horses
• chariots
• infantry
• directions (quarters)