Shloka 55

भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय 54: फल्गुन-प्रतिरोधः, सौबली-व्यूह-विध्वंसः, दुर्योधन-भीष्म-संवादः

Devanagari script

पक्षकोटिप्रपक्षेषु पक्षान्तेषु च वारणा:

Transliteration

pakṣakoṭiprapakṣeṣu pakṣānteṣu ca vāraṇāḥ

Translation

Disse Sañjaya: Os elefantes foram posicionados ao longo dos flancos e contraflancos, e também nas extremidades das alas—um arranjo destinado a firmar a linha de batalha e conter rupturas súbitas.

Word by Word

• पक्षकोटिप्रपक्षेषु: in the counter-wings at the ends of the wings
• पक्षकोटिप्रपक्षेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्षकोटि-प्रपक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• पक्षान्तेषु: at the wing-ends/flanks
• पक्षान्तेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्षान्त
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• वारणाः: elephants
• वारणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• war-elephants