Shloka 13

भीष्मस्य दुर्योधनं प्रति उपालम्भः

Bhīṣma’s Reproof to Duryodhana

Devanagari script

गजानीकं च सम्प्रेक्ष् मेघवृन्दमिवोदितम्‌

Transliteration

gajānikaṃ ca samprekṣya meghavṛndam ivoditam

Translation

संजय म्हणाला—हत्तींच्या दलाकडे पाहताच ते नव्याने जमलेल्या मेघसमूहासारखे उभे राहिले; धर्मपरीक्षेच्या रणांगणात सामर्थ्य व अभिमानाचा तो घन, अशुभसा उफाळा होता।

Word by Word

• गजानीकम्: elephant-corps, troop of elephants
• गजानीकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गज + अनीक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सम्प्रेक्ष्य: having looked at, observing
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + प्र + ईक्ष्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• मेघवृन्दम्: a mass/cluster of clouds
• मेघवृन्दम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेघ + वृन्द
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• उदितम्: risen, arisen, appearing
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद् + इ (उदेति) / √इ (गत्यर्थ)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• gajānika (elephant corps)
• meghavṛnda (mass of clouds)