Shloka 43

कर्णपर्व — पञ्चदशोऽध्यायः | Karṇa Parva, Chapter 15: Pāṇḍya’s Advance and Aśvatthāmā’s Counterstroke

Devanagari script

भल्‍ल्लैश्छिन्ना: करा: पेतु: करिणां मदवर्षिणाम्‌ । यथा वने परशुभिनिकित्ता: सुमहाद्रुमा:

Transliteration

bhallaiś chinnāḥ karāḥ petuḥ kariṇāṃ madavarṣiṇām | yathā vane paraśubhir nikṛttāḥ sumahādrumāḥ ||

Translation

สัญชัยกล่าวว่า—งวงของช้างที่กำลังตกมันและมีน้ำมันไหลนั้น ถูกศรภัลละอันคมตัดขาดแล้วร่วงลงสู่พื้นดิน ดุจไม้ใหญ่ในป่าถูกขวานฟันจนล้มครืน

Word by Word

• भल्लैः: with arrows (bhallas)
• भल्लैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भल्ल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• छिन्नाः: cut off
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छिद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कराः: hands / trunks (here: elephant-trunks)
• कराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पेतुः: fell
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural

• करिणाम्: of elephants
• Type: Noun
• Root: करिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• मदवर्षिणाम्: of those that rain ichor
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मद-वर्षिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• वने: in the forest
• वने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• परशुभिः: with axes
• परशुभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: परशु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• निकित्ताः: cut down / hewn
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि-कर्त्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सुमहाद्रुमाः: very great trees
• सुमहाद्रुमाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-महा-द्रुम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• elephants (kariṇaḥ)
• bhalla arrows
• forest (vana)
• axes (paraśu)
• great trees (sumahādrumāḥ)