Shloka 23

Sātyaki-praveśaḥ and Duryodhana-saṃnipātaḥ

Sātyaki’s passage and Duryodhana’s mass engagement

Devanagari script

स्रवद्धिः शोणितं गात्रै: प्रखुताविव वारणौ

Transliteration

sravaddhiḥ śoṇitaṃ gātraiḥ prakhutāv iva vāraṇau

Translation

स्रवद्भिः शोणितं गात्रैः प्रखुताविव वारणौ।

Word by Word

• स्रवद्भिः: with (their) flowing
• स्रवद्भिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्रवत् (√स्रु)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Dual

• शोणितम्: blood
• शोणितम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोणित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गात्रैः: with (their) limbs/bodies
• गात्रैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गात्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• प्रखुतौ: pierced/wounded
• प्रखुतौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रखुत (√खुद्/√खुद्-सम्भवः; past passive participle sense)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• इव: like/as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• वारणौ: two elephants
• वारणौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• two elephants (simile)