Shloka 59

भीमसेनस्य कौरवसुतवधः तथा श्रुतर्वावधः

Slaying of Kaurava princes and the fall of Śrutarvā

Devanagari script

गदया भीमसेनेन नाराचैरर्जुनेन च । तदनन्तर दो ही घड़ीमें भीमसेनने गदासे और अर्जुनने नाराचोंसे उस गज-सेनाका संहार कर डाला ।। अभिपिष्टमहानागै: समन्तात्‌ पर्वतोपमै:

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | gadayā bhīmasenena nārācair arjunena ca | tadanantaraṃ hi ghaḍī-dvaye bhīmasenena gadayā arjunena ca nārācaiḥ sā gaja-senā saṃhṛtā || abhipiṣṭa-mahānāgaiḥ samantāt parvatopamaiḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: With his mace Bhīmasena, and with his iron arrows Arjuna, in the very next short while, utterly destroyed that elephant-corps. All around, huge elephants—mountain-like in bulk—were crushed and trampled, as the battle’s violence surged without restraint.

Word by Word

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

• भीमसेनेन: by Bhimasena
• भीमसेनेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• नाराचैः: with iron arrows
• नाराचैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाराच
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अर्जुनेन: by Arjuna
• अर्जुनेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

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

• अभिपिष्ट: crushed, pounded
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-√पिष्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• महानागैः: by great elephants
• महानागैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महानाग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• समन्तात्: on all sides, all around
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्तात्

• पर्वतोपमैः: by/with (those) like mountains
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर्वत-उपम
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīmasena
• Arjuna
• gadā (mace)
• nārāca (iron arrows)
• gaja-senā (elephant corps)
• mahānāga (great elephants)