Shloka 60

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

Devanagari script

।। विप्रयातांस्तु वो भिन्नान्‌ पाण्डवा: कृतविप्रिया:

Transliteration

viprayātāṁs tu vo bhinnān pāṇḍavāḥ kṛtavipriyāḥ

Translation

ਸੰਜਯ ਬੋਲਿਆ—“ਤੁਹਾਡੇ ਜੋ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਪਿੱਛੇ ਹਟ ਕੇ ਖਿੱਲਰ ਗਏ ਸਨ, ਪਾਂਡਵਾਂ ਨੇ—ਉਹਨਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਮੁੜ ਆਪਣੇ ਅਨੁਕੂਲ ਕਰ ਕੇ—(ਉਸੇ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ) ਨਿਪਟਾਇਆ।”

Word by Word

• विप्रयातान्: departed, gone away
• विप्रयातान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विप्र-या (धातु: या) / विप्रयात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तु: but, however
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• वः: of you (your)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Plural

• भिन्नान्: split, separated, broken
• भिन्नान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भिद् (धातु: भिद्) / भिन्न (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पाण्डवाः: the Pandavas
• पाण्डवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कृतविप्रियाः: having done what is displeasing; having caused displeasure
• कृतविप्रियाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत-विप्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍavāḥ (the Pāṇḍavas)
• vo (the Kaurava side addressed as 'your')