Shloka 14

Devanagari script

ततो दीप्ताग्निसंकाशां शतघण्टामलंकृताम्‌ | चिक्षेप तस्मै समरे गदां काड्चनभूषिताम्‌,तदनन्तर घटोत्कचने समरांगणमें प्रज्वलित अग्निके समान तेजस्विनी, एक सौ घंटियोंसे अलंकृत और सुवर्णभूषित अपनी गदा उसके ऊपर चलायी

Transliteration

tato dīptāgnisaṅkāśāṁ śataghāṇṭām alaṅkṛtām | cikṣepa tasmai samare gadāṁ kāñcanabhūṣitām ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then, in the midst of battle, he hurled at him a mace that blazed like a flaming fire—adorned with a hundred bells and ornamented with gold. The scene underscores how, in the fury of war, warriors deploy terrifying, richly fashioned weapons not for display but for decisive harm, intensifying the moral weight of violence on the battlefield.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• दीप्ताग्नि-संकाशाम्: resembling blazing fire
• दीप्ताग्नि-संकाशाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीप्ताग्नि-संकाशा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• शत-घण्टा-अलंकृताम्: adorned with a hundred bells
• शत-घण्टा-अलंकृताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत-घण्टा-अलंकृता
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• चिक्षेप: he hurled, threw
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Dative, Singular

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• गदाम्: mace
• गदाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• काञ्चन-भूषिताम्: adorned with gold
• काञ्चन-भूषिताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काञ्चन-भूषिता
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• gadā (mace)