Shloka 14

गौरुडव्यूह-रचना तथा अर्धचन्द्र-प्रत्यव्यूह

Garuḍa Array and the Ardhacandra Counter-Formation

Devanagari script

उत्थाय च प्रधावन्तो द्वन्ड्ययुद्धमवाप्रुवन्‌ । पीडिता: पुनरन्योन्यं लुठन्तो रणमूर्थनि

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | utthāya ca pradhāvanto dvandvayuddham avāpruvan | pīḍitāḥ punar anyonyaṁ luṭhanto raṇamūrdhani jighāṁsantaṁ yudhāṁ śreṣṭhaṁ tadā āsīt tumulaṁ mahat ||

Translation

สัญชัยกล่าวว่า “ข้าแต่พระราชา นักรบจำนวนมากลุกขึ้นแล้วพุ่งไป เข้าสู่การประลองเดี่ยว ถูกฟันแทงกันจนระทม พวกเขากลิ้งเกลือกอยู่ตรงแนวหน้าของสนามรบ ครั้นเมื่อพวกเขาถลาเข้าหมายสังหารภีษมะ—ยอดนักรบ—ในขณะนั้นศึกก็กลายเป็นมหาศึกอันอื้ออึงดุเดือด”

Word by Word

• उत्थाय: having risen
• उत्थाय: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-स्था (स्था)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• प्रधावन्तः: running forth
• प्रधावन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-धाव (धाव्)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• द्वन्द्व-युद्धम्: single combat (duel)
• द्वन्द्व-युद्धम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वन्द्व-युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अवाप्रुवन्: they attained/entered
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-आप्
• Form: लङ् (imperfect), परस्मैपद, 3rd, Plural

• पीडिताः: afflicted, struck
• पीडिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीडित
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• अन्योन्यम्: mutually, one another
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्योन्य
• Form: adverbial accusative

• लुठन्तः: rolling about, writhing
• लुठन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: लुठ्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• रण-मूर्धनि: on the battlefield-front / at the battle’s head
• रण-मूर्धनि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण-मूर्धन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• जिघांसन्तम्: wishing to kill
• जिघांसन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (जिघांस् < desiderative of हन्)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle, desiderative stem), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• युधाम्: of battles / of fighters
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• श्रेष्ठम्: the best, the foremost
• श्रेष्ठम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• आसीत्: there was
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: लङ् (imperfect), परस्मैपद, 3rd, Singular

• तुमुलम्: tumultuous, fierce
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुमुल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• महत्: great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'O King')
• Bhīṣma