Shloka 42

Adhyāya 86: Irāvān’s Lineage, Cavalry Clash, and the Māyā-Duel Ending in Irāvān’s Fall

Devanagari script

पाण्डवीं समरे सेनां सम्ममर्द स कुज्जर: । यथा वनगजो राजन मृदनंश्चवरति पद्मिनीम्‌

Transliteration

pāṇḍavīṃ samare senāṃ sammamarda sa kuñjaraḥ | yathā vanagajo rājan mṛdnann iva carati padminīm ||

Translation

Wika ni Sañjaya: O Hari, sa labanan, dinurog ng elepanteng iyon ang hukbo ng mga Pāṇḍava, gaya ng elepanteng gubat na yumuyurak at gumagala sa isang lawang hitik sa mga lotus.

Word by Word

• पाण्डवीं: Pāṇḍava (belonging to the Pāṇḍavas)
• पाण्डवीं: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाण्डवी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सेनाम्: army
• सेनाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेना
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• सम्ममर्द: crushed, trampled
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृद्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

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

• कुञ्जरः: elephant
• कुञ्जरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुञ्जर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• वनगजः: a wild/forest elephant
• वनगजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनगज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• मृद्नन्: crushing, trampling
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृद्
• Form: Present active participle (Śatṛ), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• विचरति: moves about, roams
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर्
• Form: Present (Laṭ), 3rd, Singular

• पद्मिनीम्: lotus-pond / lotus-bed (lit. lotus-bearing [place])
• पद्मिनीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्मिनी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Pāṇḍava army
• elephant (Bhagadatta’s war-elephant, implied by context)
• forest-elephant
• lotus-pond (padminī)