Shloka 32

Daśame’hani Bhīṣma-yuddham — Śikhaṇḍī-rakṣaṇa, Arjuna-prabhāva, Duryodhana-āśraya-vākyam

Devanagari script

व्यधमत्‌ स गजानीकं गदया पाण्डवर्षभ:

Transliteration

vyadhamat sa gajānīkaṃ gadayā pāṇḍavarṣabhaḥ

Translation

Disse Sañjaya: Com a sua maça, aquele touro entre os Pāṇḍavas esmagou o corpo de elefantes, rompendo-lhe a formação e o ânimo no meio da batalha—imagem de pura força marcial dirigida às sombrias necessidades da guerra.

Word by Word

• व्यधमत्: smashed/struck down
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्मा (ध्माति)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist/Imperfect), परस्मैपदम्, 3, singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सः)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• गज-अनीकम्: the elephant-corps/elephant-division
• गज-अनीकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गज + अनीक
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• गदया: with a mace
• गदया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदा
• Form: feminine, instrumental, singular

• पाण्डव-ऋषभः: the bull among the Pandavas (best of the Pandavas)
• पाण्डव-ऋषभः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव + ऋषभ
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍavarṣabha (foremost Pāṇḍava warrior)
• gadā (mace)
• gajānīka (elephant corps)