Shloka 39

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 95 — Sātyaki’s Breakthrough and the Routing of Allied Contingents

Devanagari script

शोणितं निर्वमन्ति सम द्विपा: पार्थशराहता: । सहस्नशश्किन्नगात्रा: सारोहा: सपदानुगा:,सवारों और अनुचरोंसहित सहस्रों हाथी अर्जुनके बाणोंसे आहत हो मुँहसे रक्त वमन करते थे। उनके सम्पूर्ण अंग छिन्न-भिन्न हो रहे थे

Transliteration

śoṇitaṃ nirvamanti sma dvipāḥ pārthaśarāhatāḥ | sahasraśaś chinnagātrāḥ sārohāḥ sapadānugāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Struck by the arrows of Pārtha (Arjuna), elephants by the thousands were vomiting blood. With their limbs severed and mangled, they fell along with their riders and the foot-soldiers who followed in their wake—an image of war’s terrible cost as Arjuna’s prowess cut through the Kaurava ranks.

Word by Word

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

• निर्वमन्ति: they vomit/emit
• Type: Verb
• Root: वम् (वमन)
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• सम्: together/entirely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्

• द्विपाः: elephants
• द्विपाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पार्थशराहताः: struck by Arjuna's arrows
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पार्थ-शर-आहत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सहस्रशः: by thousands
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस्

• छिन्नगात्राः: with limbs cut/mutilated
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छिन्न-गात्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सारोहाः: having riders (mounted)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-आरोह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सपदानुगाः: having foot-followers/attendants
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-पद-अनुग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• śarāḥ (arrows)
• dvipāḥ (elephants)
• ārohāḥ (riders/mahouts)
• padānugāḥ (foot-followers/infantry attendants)