Shloka 12

Devanagari script

यथा शिलोच्चये शैल: सागरे सागरो यथा । प्रतिहन्येत राजेन्द्र तथा55सन्‌ कुरुपाण्डवा:,राजेन्द्र! जैसे एक पहाड़ दूसरे पहाड़से टकरा जाय तथा एक समुद्र दूसरे समुद्रसे टक्कर ले, वही अवस्था कौरव-पाण्डव योद्धाओंकी भी थी

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | yathā śilocchaye śailaḥ sāgare sāgaro yathā | pratihanyeta rājendra tathāsan kurupāṇḍavāḥ ||

Translation

サञ्जयは言った。「王よ、岩峰にて山が山にぶつかるがごとく、海が海へと押し寄せるがごとく、クル族とパーンダヴァ族は激突した――力は拮抗し、広大で、決意は屈せぬままに。」

Word by Word

• यथा: just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• शिलोच्चये: on/at a heap of rocks (rocky mass)
• शिलोच्चये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिलोच्चय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• शैलः: a mountain
• शैलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सागरे: in/at the ocean
• सागरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सागरः: an ocean
• सागरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यथा: just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• प्रतिहन्येत: would strike against / would collide
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-हन्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Atmanepada, 3rd, Singular

• राजेन्द्र: O lord of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तथा: so, in the same way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• आसन्: were
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), Parasmaipada, 3rd, Plural

• कुरु-पाण्डवाः: the Kurus and the Pandavas
• कुरु-पाण्डवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु + पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'rājendra')
• Kurus
• Pāṇḍavas
• mountain (śaila)
• ocean (sāgara)