Shloka 15

अध्याय ९१ — शैनेयस्य गजानीकभेदनं जलसंधवधश्च

Chapter 91: Sātyaki breaks the elephant array and slays Jalasaṃdha

Devanagari script

अन्योन्यमपि चाजघ्नुरात्मानमपि चापरे । पार्थभूतममन्यन्त जगत्‌ कालेन मोहिता:

Transliteration

anyonyam api cājaghnur ātmānam api cāpare | pārthabhūtam amanyanta jagat kālena mohitāḥ ||

Translation

Sanjaya said: Deluded by the overpowering force of Time, they struck down one another—and some even destroyed themselves. In that confusion they came to regard the whole world as having become a battlefield, as if all existence had turned into hostile ranks.

Word by Word

• अन्योन्यम्: one another (each other)
• अन्योन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्योन्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

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

• अजघ्नुः: they struck/killed
• अजघ्नुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• आत्मानम्: themselves
• आत्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

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

• अपरे: others
• अपरे: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पार्थभूतम्: having become Arjuna / as if Arjuna
• पार्थभूतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पार्थभूत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अमन्यन्त: they thought/considered
• अमन्यन्त: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Plural, Ātmanepada

• जगत्: the world
• जगत्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कालेन: by Time
• कालेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• मोहिताः: deluded
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मोहित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• kāla (Time/Fate)
• jagat (the world)