Shloka 6

Bhīmasena’s Kalinga Engagement and the Approach of Bhīṣma (भीमसेन-कालिङ्ग-संग्रामः)

Devanagari script

प्रभिन्नास्तु महाकाया: संनिपत्य गजा गजै:

Transliteration

prabhinnāstu mahākāyāḥ saṃnipatya gajā gajaiḥ

Translation

संजय म्हणाला— मदोन्मत्त महाकाय हत्ती हत्तींसोबत समोरासमोर धडकून भिडले।

Word by Word

• प्रभिन्नाः: smashed/broken open, rent
• प्रभिन्नाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रभिन्न (√भिद् + प्र, क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• महाकायाः: huge-bodied, massive
• महाकायाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाकाय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• संनिपत्य: having rushed together/closing in
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: संनिपत्य (√पत् + सम्-नि, ल्यप्)

• गजाः: elephants
• गजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• गजैः: with/by elephants
• गजैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गज
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• elephants (gaja)