Shloka 57

Arjuna’s Advance toward Bhīṣma; The Gāṇḍīva’s Signal and the Armies’ Convergence (भीष्माभिमुखगमनम् — गाण्डीवनिर्घोष-ध्वजवर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

तस्य चान्येडपि दिड्नागा बभूवुरनुयायिन: । अज्जनो वामनश्वैव महापद्मश्न सुप्रभ:

Transliteration

tasya cānyeḍ api diḍnāgā babhūvur anuyāyinaḥ | ajjano vāmanāś caiva mahāpadmaś ca suprabhaḥ ||

Translation

Disse Sañjaya: “E outros elefantes poderosos também se tornaram seus seguidores: Ajjana, Vāmana, Mahāpadma e Suprabha.”

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/its
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

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

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• दिग्नागाः: direction-elephants (elephants of the quarters)
• दिग्नागाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिग्नाग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• बभूवुः: became/were
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural

• अनुयायिनः: followers/attendants
• अनुयायिनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुयायिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अञ्जनः: Anjana (proper name)
• अञ्जनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अञ्जन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वामनः: Vāmana (proper name)
• वामनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वामन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• एव: indeed/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• महापद्मः: Mahāpadma (proper name; lit. 'great lotus')
• महापद्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महापद्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• सुप्रभः: Suprabha (proper name; lit. 'very radiant')
• सुप्रभः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुप्रभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Ajjana
• Vāmana
• Mahāpadma
• Suprabha
• war-elephants