Shloka 23

भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय ९६: सौभद्रस्य आक्रमणम्, अलम्बुसस्य प्रतिविधानम्

Abhimanyu’s assault; Alambusa’s counter-engagement

Devanagari script

सहसा चाभववत्‌ तीव्रं संनिपातान्महद्‌ रज: । गजाश्वरथपत्तीनां पदनेमिसमुद्धतम्‌

Transliteration

sahasā cābhavattīvraṃ saṃnipātān mahad rajaḥ | gajāśvarathapattīnāṃ padanemisamuddhatam ||

Translation

अचानक त्या भीषण संनिपातातून तीव्र वेगाने प्रचंड धूळ उठली—हत्ती, घोडे, रथ व पायदळ यांच्या पायांमुळे आणि रथचक्रांच्या नेम्यांमुळे उडालेली।

Word by Word

• सहसा: suddenly, at once
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा

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

• अभवत्: arose, came to be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), 3, singular, परस्मैपदम्

• तीव्रम्: intense, violent
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीव्र
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• संनिपातात्: from the collision/close encounter
• संनिपातात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संनिपात
• Form: masculine, ablative, singular

• महत्: great, huge
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• रजः: dust
• रजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजस्
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• गज: of elephants
• Type: Noun
• Root: गज
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural, as first member in compound गजाश्वरथपत्तीनाम

• अश्व: of horses
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural, as member in compound गजाश्वरथपत्तीनाम

• रथ: of chariots
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural, as member in compound गजाश्वरथपत्तीनाम

• पत्तीनाम्: of foot-soldiers (infantry); (together) of elephants, horses, chariots, and infantry
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्ति
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural, compound as a whole: गज-अश्व-रथ-पत्तीनाम् (of elephants, horses, chariots, and foot-soldiers)

• पद: by (their) feet/steps
• पद: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद
• Form: neuter, instrumental, plural, as first member in compound पदनेमिसमुद्धतम्

• नेमि: by (their) wheel-rims
• नेमि: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नेमि
• Form: feminine, instrumental, plural, as member in compound पदनेमिसमुद्धतम्

• समुद्धतम्: raised up, stirred up
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-उद्-हृ (समुद्धृत)
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular, क्त (past passive participle), qualifies रजः; compound पद-नेमि-समुद्धतम् = raised up by feet and wheel-rims

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• रजः (dust-cloud)
• गज (elephants)
• अश्व (horses)
• रथ (chariots)
• पत्ति (infantry)
• नेमि (wheel-rims)