Shloka 46

Adhyāya 65: Dawn Assembly, Makara–Śyena Vyūhas, and Commander Engagements

Devanagari script

मागधो5थ महीपालो गजमैरावणोपमम्‌ । प्रेषयामास समरे सौभद्रस्य रथं प्रति,इसी समय मगधदेशीय भूपालने युद्धस्थलमें अभिमन्युके रथकी ओर ऐरावतके समान एक विशाल हाथीको प्रेरित किया

Transliteration

māgadho 'tha mahīpālo gajam airāvaṇopamam | preṣayāmāsa samare saubhadrasya rathaṃ prati ||

Translation

サञ्जयは言った――そのときマガダ国の王は、戦場のただ中で、アイラーヴァタにも比すべき巨象を繰り出し、サウバドラ（アビマンニュ）の戦車めがけて突進させた。

Word by Word

• मागधः: the Magadhan (king of Magadha)
• मागधः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मागध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अथ: then/now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• महीपालः: the king (protector of the earth)
• महीपालः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपाल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गजम्: an elephant
• गजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ऐरावणोपमम्: comparable to Airavata
• ऐरावणोपमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऐरावण-उपम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रेषयामास: sent/dispatched
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-इष्
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic), Third, Singular

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सौभद्रस्य: of Saubhadra (Abhimanyu)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभद्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• रथम्: chariot
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रति: towards/against
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Magadha
• mahīpāla (the Magadhan king)
• Airāvata
• elephant (gaja)
• Saubhadra (Abhimanyu)
• chariot (ratha)