Shloka 25

Bhagadattā’s Deployment Against Ghaṭotkaca; Elephant-Corps Escalation

Devanagari script

स शर: पण्डितं हत्वा विवेश धरणीतलम्‌ | यथा नरं निहत्याशु भुजग: कालचोदित:,जैसे कालप्रेरित सर्प किसी मनुष्यको शीघ्र ही डँँसकर लापता हो जाता है, उसी प्रकार वह बाण पण्डितककी हत्या करके धरतीमें समा गया

Transliteration

sa śaraḥ paṇḍitaṃ hatvā viveśa dharaṇītalam | yathā naraṃ nihatya āśu bhujagaḥ kālacoditaḥ ||

Translation

स शरः पण्डितं हत्वा विवेश धरणीतलम्। यथा नरं निहत्याशु भुजगः कालचोदितः।

Word by Word

• सः: he/that (arrow)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शरः: arrow
• शरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पण्डितम्: the learned man (Pāṇḍita)
• पण्डितम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पण्डित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• हत्वा: having killed
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), non-finite

• विवेश: entered
• Type: Verb
• Root: विश्
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• धरणीतलम्: the surface of the earth/ground
• धरणीतलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरणीतल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• यथा: just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• नरम्: a man
• नरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• निहत्य: having slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (नि-)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), नि, Parasmaipada (usage), non-finite

• आशु: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु

• भुजगः: snake
• भुजगः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुजग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कालचोदितः: impelled by Time/fate
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काल-चोदित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle from √चुद्/चोद् 'to impel')

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Paṇḍita
• śara (arrow)
• dharaṇī (earth/ground)
• bhujaga (serpent)
• kāla (Time/Fate)