Shloka 31

शल्यपर्व — चतुर्विंशोऽध्यायः | Śalya Parva, Chapter 24: Disruption of Kaurava Formations and the Elephant Encirclement

Devanagari script

अक्षौहिणीपतीन्‌ दृष्टवा भीमसेननिपातितान्‌ | मोहाद्‌ वा यदि वा लोभान्नैवाशाम्यत वैशसम्‌,'भीमसेनके द्वारा धराशायी किये गये अक्षौहिणी-पतियोंको देखकर भी मोहवश अथवा लोभके कारण युद्ध बंद न हो सका

Transliteration

akṣauhiṇī-patīn dṛṣṭvā bhīmasena-nipātitān | mohād vā yadi vā lobhān naivāśāmyata vaiśasam ||

Translation

Санджая сказал: «Даже видя, как Бхимасена валит предводителей целых ратей, резня не прекращалась — то ли от помрачения, то ли от жадности».

Word by Word

• अक्षौहिणीपतीन्: lords/commanders of akṣauhiṇīs (army-divisions)
• अक्षौहिणीपतीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्षौहिणीपति
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• भीमसेननिपातितान्: felled/struck down by Bhīmasena
• भीमसेननिपातितान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीमसेन-निपातित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• मोहात्: from delusion; due to delusion
• मोहात्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोह
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• लोभात्: from greed; due to greed
• लोभात्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोभ
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• एव: indeed; just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अशाम्यत: was not pacified/ceased
• Type: Verb
• Root: शम्
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), Ātmanepada, Third, Singular

• वैशसम्: slaughter; carnage
• वैशसम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशस
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīmasena
• akṣauhiṇī-patis (commanders of armies)