Shloka 24

Devanagari script

गिरिरूपधराश्चापि पतिता: कुज्जरोत्तमा:

Transliteration

girirūpadharāś cāpi patitāḥ kuñjarottamāḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Even the finest elephants, bearing forms like mountains, fell down.”

Word by Word

• गिरिरूपधराः: having the form/appearance of mountains
• गिरिरूपधराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गिरिरूपधर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• पतिताः: fallen
• पतिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पतित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कुञ्जरोत्तमाः: the best of elephants
• कुञ्जरोत्तमाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुञ्जरोत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• elephants (kuñjarāḥ)