Shloka 54

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

Devanagari script

निकृत्तं विबभौ रौद्रं घोररूपं भयावहम्‌ | ध्वज और पताकाओंसे आच्छादित पैदलोंकी वह विशाल सेना छिन्न-भिन्न होकर रौद्र, घोर एवं भयानक प्रतीत होती थी ।। ५३ ई ।। युधिष्ठिरपुरोगाश्व॒ सहसैन्या महारथा:

Transliteration

nikṛttaṃ vibabhau raudraṃ ghorarūpaṃ bhayāvaham | yudhiṣṭhirapurogāś ca sahasainyā mahārathāḥ |

Translation

Disse Sañjaya: O exército, talhado e despedaçado, parecia terrível—feroz no aspecto, sinistro na forma, e assustador de contemplar. E os grandes guerreiros de carro, com Yudhiṣṭhira à frente e amparados por uma vasta hoste, avançaram—imagem do colapso moral da guerra, em que o orgulho e as bandeiras não conseguem ocultar a ruína forjada pela violência.

Word by Word

निकृत्तम्cut down; severed

विबभौshone; appeared

रौद्रम्fierce; terrible

घोररूपम्of dreadful form

भयावहम्bringing fear; fearsome

युधिष्ठिरपुरोगाःhaving Yudhiṣṭhira in front; led by Yudhiṣṭhira

सहसैन्याःwith their army; accompanied by troops

महारथाःgreat chariot-warriors

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Yudhiṣṭhira

army (senā)

mahārathas (great chariot-warriors)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes