Shloka 33

Bhīmasena’s Kalinga Engagement and the Approach of Bhīṣma (भीमसेन-कालिङ्ग-संग्रामः)

Devanagari script

केचिदाक्षिप्प करिण: साश्वानपि रथान्‌ करै:

Transliteration

kecid ākṣipya kariṇaḥ sāśvān api rathān karaiḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: Some warriors, in the fury of close combat, seized the elephants and even the horse-drawn chariots with their hands—an image of desperate valor and the brutal immediacy of war, where strength and resolve override ordinary limits.

Word by Word

• केचित्: some (people/warriors)
• केचित्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क (प्रातिपदिक: किम्-शब्द)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• आक्षिप्प: seized / snatched / dragged
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural

• करिणः: elephants
• करिणः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: करिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• स: those
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: स (प्रातिपदिक: तद्-शब्द)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अश्वान्: horses
• अश्वान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• रथान्: chariots
• रथान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• करैः: with (their) hands
• करैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• elephants
• chariots
• horses
• hands (as instruments of action)