Shloka 4

Śālva’s Elephant Assault and the Counterstroke (शाल्वस्य नागारूढाभ्यवहारः)

Devanagari script

मध्यद्ले प्रत्यपायाम निर्जिताजातशत्रुणा

Transliteration

madhyadle pratyapāyāma nirjitājātaśatruṇā

Translation

ਯੁੱਧ-ਵਿਊਹ ਦੇ ਵਿਚਕਾਰ ਅਸੀਂ ਪਿੱਛੇ ਧੱਕੇ ਗਏ—ਅਜਾਤਸ਼ਤ੍ਰੂ ਨੇ ਸਾਨੂੰ ਜਿੱਤ ਲਿਆ।

Word by Word

• मध्यद्ले: in the middle (place/time) (reading uncertain)
• मध्यद्ले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्यद्ल
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (uncertain), Locative, Singular

• प्रत्यपायाम्: at the retreat/withdrawal
• प्रत्यपायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रत्यपाय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• निर्जित: conquered/defeated
• निर्जित: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि + जि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अजातशत्रुणा: by Ajātaśatru (one whose enemy is not born; Yudhiṣṭhira)
• अजातशत्रुणा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अजातशत्रु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Ajātaśatru (Yudhiṣṭhira)