Shloka 22

Devanagari script

हतान्‌ गजान्‌ समश््लिष्य पर्वतानिव वाजिन:

Transliteration

hatān gajān samaśliṣya parvatān iva vājinaḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: The horses, pressing close to the slain elephants, looked like mountains—an image that underscores the crushing weight of war, where even noble beasts become entangled in the aftermath of violence.

Word by Word

• हतान्: slain
• हतान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन् (धातु) → हत (कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• गजान्: elephants
• गजान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• समाश्लिष्य: having embraced/clasped
• समाश्लिष्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + श्लिष्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• पर्वतान्: mountains
• पर्वतान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• वाजिनः: horses/steeds
• वाजिनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाजिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• गज (elephants)
• वाजिन् (horses/steeds)
• पर्वत (mountains, as simile)