Shloka 28

Devanagari script

कुञ्जराणां च पततां हयौघानां च भारत । अगम्यरूपा पृथिवी मांसशोणितकर्दमा,भरतनन्दन! धराशायी होते हुए हाथियों और अश्वसमूहोंके मांस तथा रक्तसे कीच जम जानेके कारण वहाँकी भूमिपर चलना-फिरना असम्भव हो गया

Transliteration

kuñjarāṇāṃ ca patatāṃ hayaughānāṃ ca bhārata | agamyārūpā pṛthivī māṃsaśoṇitakardamā ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O Bhārata, with elephants fallen and masses of horses strewn about, the earth became impassable—turned into a mire of flesh and blood.” The line underscores the moral horror of battle: when dharma collapses into unchecked violence, the very ground of human action becomes unfit to tread.

Word by Word

• कुञ्जराणाम्: of elephants
• कुञ्जराणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुञ्जर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• पतताम्: of those falling (fallen)
• पतताम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पतत्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• हयौघानाम्: of masses of horses
• हयौघानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हय-ओघ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• भारत: O Bhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अगम्यरूपा: having an impassable form; impassable
• अगम्यरूपा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अगम्य-रूप
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• पृथिवी: the earth/ground
• पृथिवी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• मांसशोणितकर्दमा: muddy with flesh and blood
• मांसशोणितकर्दमा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मांस-शोणित-कर्दम
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• भरतनन्दन: O delight of Bharata (O descendant of Bharata)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-नन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra as addressee)
• elephants
• horses
• earth/ground (battlefield)