Shloka 34

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

Devanagari script

गदामारुतवेगं हि दृष्टवा तस्य महात्मन:

Transliteration

gadāmārutavegaṁ hi dṛṣṭvā tasya mahātmanaḥ

Translation

संजय म्हणाला—त्या महात्म्याची गदा वाऱ्यासारख्या वेगाने धावताना पाहून (दर्शक) विस्मयचकित झाले.

Word by Word

• गदा-मारुत-वेगम्: the speed (vega) of the wind (māruta) (as) of a mace (gadā) / mace-like wind-speed
• गदा-मारुत-वेगम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदा + मारुत + वेग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• हि: indeed, for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• तस्य: of him / his
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled one
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• gadā (mace)
• mahātman (the great-souled warrior, unnamed in this half-verse)