Shloka 42

Bhagadatta’s Advance, the Saṃśaptaka Challenge, and Arjuna’s Counterstrike (द्रोणपर्व, अध्याय २६)

Devanagari script

ततः प्राग्ज्योतिषो राजा परिगृहर महागजम्‌

Transliteration

tataḥ prāgjyotiṣo rājā parigṛhṇan mahāgajam

Translation

ତେବେ ପ୍ରାଗ୍ଜ୍ୟୋତିଷର ରାଜା ଯୁଦ୍ଧକୋଳାହଳ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ସାହସରେ ସେଇ ମହାଗଜକୁ ଧରି, ଦୃଢ଼ ସଂନାହ ସହ ସମରରେ ଅବସ୍ଥିତ ହେଲେ।

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from there/then')

• प्राग्ज्योतिषः: the king of Pragjyotiṣa (Prāgjyotiṣa)
• प्राग्ज्योतिषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राग्ज्योतिष
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• परिगृहर: seized; took hold of
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-ग्रह्
• Form: Aorist (luṅ), 3rd person, singular, Parasmaipada

• महागजम्: the great elephant
• महागजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महागज
• Form: Masculine, accusative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Prāgjyotiṣa (kingdom/region)
• the king of Prāgjyotiṣa (Bhagadatta)
• a great elephant (war-elephant)