Shloka 58

Śalya–Bhīma Gadā-saṃnipāta and Śalya’s Bāṇa-jāla against Yudhiṣṭhira

Book 9, Chapter 11

Devanagari script

गदया युद्धकुशलस्तया दारुणनादया

Transliteration

gadayā yuddhakuśalas tayā dāruṇanādayā

Translation

Sañjaya said: Skilled in combat with the mace, he advanced with that weapon whose dreadful roar proclaimed the ferocity of the encounter—an image of war’s brutal craft, where prowess and violence move together, often eclipsing gentler claims of dharma.

Word by Word

• गदया: with a mace
• गदया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• युद्धकुशलः: skilled in battle
• युद्धकुशलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युद्धकुशल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तया: with that (one/it)
• तया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• दारुणनादया: with a dreadful-sounding (one)
• दारुणनादया: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दारुणनाद
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• gadā (mace)