Shloka 56
मैत्रेयागमनम् — The Arrival of Maitreya and the Admonition to Duryodhana
Devanagari script
अभिपद्य च बाहुभ्यां प्रत्यगृह्नादमर्षित: । मातड़मिव मातड़ः प्रभिन्नकरटामुखम्,उन्होंने अमर्षमें भरकर सहसा आक्रमण करके दोनों भुजाओंसे उस राक्षसको उसी तरह पकड़ लिया, जैसे मतवाला गजराज गण्डस्थलसे मदकी धारा बहानेवाले दूसरे हाथीसे भिड़ जाता है
Transliteration
abhipadya ca bāhubhyāṃ pratyagṛhnād amarṣitaḥ | mātaṅgam iva mātaṅgaḥ prabhinnakaraṭāmukham ||
Translation
Then, inflamed with indignation, he rushed forward and seized the rākṣasa with both arms—just as a musth elephant grapples another elephant whose temples are streaming with rut. The simile heightens the scene’s raw force: anger becomes physical momentum, and the encounter is framed as a clash of overwhelming, untamed power.
Word by Word
अभिपद्यhaving approached/attacked
अभिपद्य:
Adhikarana
TypeVerb
Rootअभि-√पद्
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्यय (absolutive/gerund)
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
बाहुभ्याम्with (his) two arms
बाहुभ्याम्:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootबाहु
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Dual
प्रत्यगृह्णात्seized/held
प्रत्यगृह्णात्:
TypeVerb
Rootप्रति-√ग्रह्
FormAorist (लुङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
अमर्षितःenraged, impatient
अमर्षितः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअमर्षित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मातङ्गःan elephant
मातङ्गः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमातङ्ग
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
इवlike, as
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
मातङ्गम्an elephant (as object)
मातङ्गम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमातङ्ग
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
मातङ्गःan elephant (subject)
मातङ्गः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमातङ्ग
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रभिन्नbursting forth, streaming
प्रभिन्न:
TypeAdjective
Rootप्र-√भिद्
Formक्त (past passive participle), used adjectivally, Neuter (in compound with मुखम्), Accusative, Singular
करटelephant’s cheek/temple (gland region)
करट:
TypeNoun
Rootकरट
FormMasculine, Stem (in compound)
मुखम्face/mouth (i.e., one whose temples are streaming)
मुखम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमुख
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
Speaker
विदुर उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
Vidura (speaker)R
rākṣasa (demon/opponent)M
mātaṅga (elephant)K
karaṭa (elephant temples)M
mada (musth/rut fluid, implied by prabhinna-karaṭa)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes