Shloka 45

Devanagari script

अश्मचूर्णरवाकीर्णा मनुष्यगजवाजिन: । नाशवनुवन्नवस्थातु भ्रमरैरिव दंशिता:,पत्थरके चूर्णोंसे व्याप्त हुए मनुष्य, हाथी और घोड़े वहाँ ठहर न सके, मानो उन्हें भ्रमरोंने डस लिया हो

Transliteration

aśmacūrṇaravākīrṇā manuṣyagajavājinaḥ | nāśakuvan navasthātuṃ bhramarair iva daṃśitāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: The ground was strewn and filled with the roar of stone-dust; men, elephants, and horses could not hold their positions there, as if they had been stung by swarming bees. The image underscores the battlefield’s intolerable violence—so overwhelming that even the strongest beings lose steadiness and order amid the chaos.

Word by Word

• अश्मचूर्णरवाकीर्णाः: strewn/filled with the noise of stone-dust
• अश्मचूर्णरवाकीर्णाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अश्मचूर्ण-रव-आकीर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मनुष्यगजवाजिनः: men, elephants, and horses
• मनुष्यगजवाजिनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य-गज-वाजिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अशक्नुवन्: were not able
• Type: Verb
• Root: शक्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3, Plural

• अवस्थातुम्: to stand/stay
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-स्था
• Form: Infinitive (Tumun)

• भ्रमरैः: by bees
• भ्रमरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रमर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• इव: as if/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• दंशिताः: stung/bitten
• दंशिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दंशित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• men (manuṣyāḥ)
• elephants (gajāḥ)
• horses (vājināḥ)
• stone-dust (aśmacūrṇa)
• bees (bhramarāḥ)