Shloka 28

Gadāyuddhe Kṛṣṇopadeśaḥ (Kṛṣṇa’s Counsel in the Mace-Duel) — Śalya-parva 57

Devanagari script

इन्द्राशनिसमां घोरां यमदण्डमिवोद्यताम्‌

Transliteration

indrāśanisamāṃ ghorāṃ yamadaṇḍamivodyatām

Translation

इंद्राच्या वज्रासारखी घोर, यमदंडाप्रमाणे उगारलेली.

Word by Word

• इन्द्राशनिसमाम्: equal to Indra’s thunderbolt
• इन्द्राशनिसमाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इन्द्राशनि-सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• घोराम्: terrible, dreadful
• घोराम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• यमदण्डम्: Yama’s staff/rod (of punishment)
• यमदण्डम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम-दण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• उद्यताम्: raised, uplifted (held aloft)
• उद्यताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्-यत (धातु: यत्)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Indra
• Yama
• Indra’s thunderbolt (vajra)
• Yama’s staff (daṇḍa)