Mahabharata 7.45.8 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 45, Shloka 8
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 45: Saubhadra–Lakṣmaṇa-saṃyoga and Kaurava Counter-Encirclement
Devanagari script
महाग्राहगृहीतेव वातवेगभयार्दिता । समकम्पत सा सेना विश्रष्टा नौरिवार्णवे
Translation
समुद्रात मार्ग चुकलेली, वाऱ्याच्या वेगाने भयभीत झालेली आणि एखाद्या महाग्राहाने धरलेली नौका जशी डगमगते—तशीच अभिमन्यूच्या भयाने ती सेना थरथरत होती।
Word by Word
महाग्राहगृहीताseized by a great crocodile
महाग्राहगृहीता:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमहाग्राह-गृहीत (ग्रह् धातु, क्त)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
इवas/like
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
वातवेगभयार्दिताdistressed by fear of the wind’s force
वातवेगभयार्दिता:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootवातवेगभय-आर्दित (अर्द् धातु, क्त)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
समकम्पतtrembled
समकम्पत:
TypeVerb
Rootकम्प्
FormImperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular
साthat
सा:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
सेनाarmy
सेना:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसेना
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
विश्रष्टाdislodged/loosened (out of course)
विश्रष्टा:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्रष्ट (श्रस्/श्रंस् धातु, क्त)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
नौःa boat
नौः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनौ
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
इवas/like
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
अर्णवेin the ocean
अर्णवे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअर्णव
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
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