Shloka 18

Arjuna Confronted by Saindhava Forces during the Aśvamedha Circuit (श्वेतवाहनस्य सैन्धवसंघर्षः)

Devanagari script

स तेन वारणो राजन्‌ मर्मस्वभिहतो भृशम्‌ | पपात सहसा भूमौ वज़रुग्ण इवाचल:,राजन! उस नाराचने हाथीके मर्मस्थानोंमें गहरी चोट पहुँचायी। वह वज्ञके मारे हुए पर्वतकी भाँति सहसा पृथ्वीपर ढह पड़ा

Transliteration

sa tena vāraṇo rājan marmasv abhihato bhṛśam | papāta sahasā bhūmau vajra-rugṇa ivācalaḥ |

Translation

Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: O Hari, nang tamaan nang marahas sa mga mahalagang bahagi ng sandatang iyon, biglang bumagsak sa lupa ang elepante—gaya ng bundok na winasak ng kulog-sibat ni Indra.

Word by Word

• सः: he/that (elephant)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तेन: by that (arrow/weapon)
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• वारणः: elephant
• वारणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मर्मसु: in the vital spots
• मर्मसु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• अभिहतः: struck, smitten
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-हन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• भृशम्: violently, greatly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृशम्

• पपात: fell
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सहसा: suddenly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा

• भूमौ: on the ground
• भूमौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• वज्र-रुग्णः: shattered by a thunderbolt
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वज्र-रुग्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• अचलः: a mountain
• Type: Noun
• Root: अचल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• King (Janamejaya, implied by address rājan)
• Elephant (vāraṇa)
• Vajra (Indra’s thunderbolt)
• Mountain (acala)