Shloka 28

Daśame’hani Bhīṣma-yuddham — Śikhaṇḍī-rakṣaṇa, Arjuna-prabhāva, Duryodhana-āśraya-vākyam

Devanagari script

आपततन्तं गजानीकं दृष्टवा पार्थो वृकोदर:

Transliteration

āpatatantaṃ gajānīkaṃ dṛṣṭvā pārtho vṛkodaraḥ

Translation

सञ्जय उवाच—आपततन्तं गजानीकं दृष्ट्वा पार्थो वृकोदरश्च तस्याभ्यागमनं सम्यगवेक्ष्य, युद्धवेगं प्रतिपेदाते।

Word by Word

• आपततन्तम्: rushing/charging (towards)
• आपततन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आपतत् (आपत् + शतृ)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गजानीकम्: elephant-corps, elephant-division
• गजानीकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गज + अनीक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• पार्थः: Partha (Arjuna)
• पार्थः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वृकोदरः: Vrikodara (Bhima; 'wolf-bellied')
• वृकोदरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृकोदर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Vṛkodara (Bhīma)
• gajānīka (elephant corps)