Shloka 52

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

Devanagari script

नानाशस्त्रसमायुक्ता नानाकुण्डलधारिण:

Transliteration

nānāśastrasamāyuktā nānākuṇḍaladhāriṇaḥ

Translation

Disse Sañjaya: Estavam equipados com muitas espécies de armas e traziam brincos de inúmeros desenhos—imagem de guerreiros plenamente adornados para a batalha, em que o esplendor exterior e a prontidão marcial contrastam com o preço íntimo da violência.

Word by Word

• नाना: various, many kinds of
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाना
• Form: Avyaya (indeclinable)

• शस्त्रसमायुक्ताः: equipped/armed with weapons
• शस्त्रसमायुक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शस्त्र-समायुक्त
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

• नाना: various, many kinds of
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाना
• Form: Avyaya (indeclinable)

• कुण्डलधारिणः: wearing earrings
• कुण्डलधारिणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुण्डल-धारिन्
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• weapons (śastra)
• earrings/ear-ornaments (kuṇḍala)