Shloka 50
Śalya–Bhīma Gadā-saṃnipāta and Śalya’s Bāṇa-jāla against Yudhiṣṭhira
Book 9, Chapter 11
Devanagari script
यमदण्डप्रतीकाशां कालरात्रिमिवोद्यताम् | गजवाजिमनुष्याणां देहान्तकरणीमपि
Transliteration
yamadaṇḍapratīkāśāṃ kālarātrim ivodyatām | gajavājimanuṣyāṇāṃ dehāntakaraṇīm api
Translation
ती गदा यमदंडासारखी भयंकर, कालरात्रीप्रमाणे उंचावलेली, आणि हत्ती-घोडे-मनुष्य यांच्या देहांचा अंत करणारी होती।
Word by Word
यमदण्डप्रतीकाशाम्resembling Yama's staff (rod of death)
यमदण्डप्रतीकाशाम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootयमदण्ड-प्रतीकाशा
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
कालरात्रिम्the dark night of Time/Death (Kālarātri)
कालरात्रिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकालरात्रि
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
इवlike, as if
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
उद्यताम्raised, uplifted, ready to strike
उद्यताम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootउद्यत
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
गजवाजिमनुष्याणाम्of elephants, horses, and men
गजवाजिमनुष्याणाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootगज-वाजि-मनुष्य
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
देहान्तकरणीम्causing the end of the body (death-dealing)
देहान्तकरणीम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootदेहान्त-करणी
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
अपिalso, even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
स
संजय (Sañjaya)य
यम (Yama)य
यमदण्ड (Yama’s staff)क
कालरात्रि (Kālarātri)ग
गज (elephants)व
वाजि (horses)म
मनुष्य (men)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes