Shloka 2

Adhyāya 118: Saciva-parīkṣā

Testing and Appointment of Ministers/Servants

Devanagari script

प्रभिन्नकरट: प्रांशु: पद्मी विततकुम्भक: । सुविषाणो महाकायो मेघगम्भीरनि:स्वन:

Translation

その象はこめかみからムスト（mad）の液を滴らせ、背高く巨体で、額（クンバ）は大きく張り出していた。額には蓮華の印があり、牙は見事であった。その大象は、雲の轟きのように深く重い咆哮を放った。

Word by Word

• प्रभिन्नकरटः: with split/oozing temples (rutting)
• प्रभिन्नकरटः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रभिन्न-करट
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रांशुः: tall, lofty
• प्रांशुः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रांशु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पद्मी: lotus-marked / having a lotus sign
• पद्मी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पद्मिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विततकुम्भकः: having broad/expanded frontal globes (forehead)
• विततकुम्भकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वितत-कुम्भक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुविषाणः: with fine tusks (lit. good horns)
• सुविषाणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-विषाण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाकायः: huge-bodied
• महाकायः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा-काय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मेघगम्भीरनिःस्वनः: having a cloud-deep roar/sound
• मेघगम्भीरनिःस्वनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मेघ-गम्भीर-निःस्वन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

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