Shloka 2

Gadāyuddhe Kṛṣṇopadeśaḥ (Kṛṣṇa’s Counsel in the Mace-Duel) — Śalya-parva 57

Devanagari script

समापेततुरन्योन्यं शृद्धिणौ वृषभाविव । महानिर्घातघोष श्ष्‌ प्रहाराणामजायत,वे दोनों बड़े-बड़े सींगवाले दो साँड्रोंके समान एक-दूसरेसे भिड़ गये। उनके प्रहारोंकी आवाज महान्‌ वजपातके समान भयंकर जान पड़ती थी

Transliteration

saṁāpetatur anyonyaṁ śṛṅgiṇau vṛṣabhāv iva | mahānirghātaghoṣaś ca prahārāṇām ajāyata ||

Translation

Wika ni Sañjaya: “Nagsalpukan ang dalawa na parang dalawang dambuhalang toro na may malalaking sungay na nagbabanggaan. Ang tunog ng kanilang mga hampas ay umalingawngaw na napakalakas, nakapanghihilakbot na gaya ng kidlat.”

Word by Word

• समापेततुः: the two rushed together / collided
• समापेततुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आपत् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), perfect (completed past), 3, dual

• अन्योन्यम्: each other / mutually
• अन्योन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्योन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular, adverbial accusative

• शृङ्गिणौ: horned (two)
• शृङ्गिणौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शृङ्गिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, dual

• वृषभाविव: like bulls
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वृषभ (प्रातिपदिक) + इव (अव्यय)
• Form: simile particle construction

• महानिर्घातघोषः: a great crash-like sound
• महानिर्घातघोषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महानिर्घातघोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• प्रहाराणाम्: of the blows / strikes
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• अजायत: arose / was produced
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (परस्मैपद), imperfect (past), 3, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• two warriors (unnamed in this verse)
• horned bulls (simile)
• thunderbolt (vajra, as a comparison)