Shloka 18

Devanagari script

नद्यौर्न भूमिर्न दिश:ः प्राज्ञायन्त तथागते

Transliteration

nadyor na bhūmir na diśaḥ prājñāyanta tathāgate

Translation

Sañjaya said: When he had thus advanced, neither the rivers, nor the land, nor even the directions could be clearly made out—everything seemed confounded in the wake of that onrushing movement, as if the very order of the battlefield had been swallowed by turmoil.

Word by Word

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

• द्यौः: sky, heaven
• द्यौः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• न: nor
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• भूमिः: earth, ground
• भूमिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• न: nor
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• दिशः: directions, quarters
• दिशः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश्
• Form: feminine, nominative, plural

• प्राज्ञायन्त: were perceived/recognized, became known
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा
• Form: imperfect (laṅ), 3rd, plural, ātmanepada

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• गते: when (he/it) had gone; upon the departure
• गते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम्
• Form: masculine/neuter, locative, singular, क्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• rivers
• earth/land
• directions (quarters)