Shloka 36

Devanagari script

इरावानथ निर्भिन्न: प्रासैस्तीकणैर्महात्मभि: । स्रवता रुधिरेणाक्तस्तोत्रैविंद्ध इव द्विप:,उन महामनस्वी वीरोंके तीखे प्रासोंसे क्षत-विक्षत होकर इरावान्‌ बहते हुए रक्तसे नहा उठा। अंकुशोंसे घायल हुए हाथीके समान व्याकुल हो गया

Transliteration

irāvān atha nirbhinnaḥ prāsais tīkṣṇair mahātmabhiḥ | sravatā rudhireṇāktaḥ totrair viddha iva dvipaḥ ||

Translation

అప్పుడు మహాత్ములైన వీరులు విసిరిన తీక్ష్ణ ప్రాసాలతో ఛిద్రమై ఇరావాను ప్రవహించే రక్తంతో తడిసిపోయాడు; అంకుశంతో గాయపడిన ఏనుగులా అతడు వ్యాకులమై తూలసాగాడు।

Word by Word

• इरावान्: Iravan
• इरावान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: इरावत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• निर्भिन्नः: pierced, torn
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्भिन्न (नि-√भिद्, क्त/क्त-प्रत्यय; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रासैः: with spears
• प्रासैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• तीक्ष्णैः: sharp
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीक्ष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• महात्मभिः: by great-souled (heroes)
• महात्मभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• स्रवता: flowing
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्रवत् (√स्रु, शतृ-प्रत्यय; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• रुधिरेण: with blood
• रुधिरेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुधिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• आक्तः: smeared, anointed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आक्त (आ-√अञ्ज्, क्त-प्रत्यय; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्तोत्रैः: with goads (ankushas)
• स्तोत्रैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• विद्धः: wounded, pierced
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विद्ध (√व्यध्, क्त-प्रत्यय; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• द्विपः: an elephant
• द्विपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Irāvān
• prāsa (spear/javelin)
• totra (elephant-goad/ankusha)
• dvipa (elephant)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores the stark reality of war: even the noble and courageous are reduced to suffering bodies. The elephant-goad simile highlights how violence drives beings into distress, reminding the reader that battlefield glory is inseparable from pain and the ethical weight of harm.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes Irāvān on the battlefield being repeatedly pierced by sharp spears thrown by heroic warriors. Covered in flowing blood, Irāvān becomes agitated and distressed, compared to an elephant wounded by an elephant-hook.