Shloka 30

Adhyāya 195 — Arjuna’s Capability and Restraint Regarding Divyāstras

Udyoga Parva

Devanagari script

गजा विंशतिसाहस्रा ईषादन्ता: प्रहारिण: । कुलीना भिन्नकरटा मेघा इव विसर्पिण:

Transliteration

gajā viṁśatisāhasrā īṣādantāḥ prahāriṇaḥ | kulīnā bhinnakaraṭā meghā iva visarpīṇaḥ ||

Translation

Sinabi ni Vaiśaṃpāyana: “Dalawampung libong elepante—may matitibay na pangil na tila biga at sinanay sa pananagasa—mula sa marangal na lahi, ang mga sentido’y punit at umaagos, at kumikilos na kumakalat na wari’y mga ulap.” Ipinahihiwatig ng tagpo ang pag-umbok ng digmaan: disiplinadong lakas na tinipon sa napakaraming bilang, kahanga-hanga ngunit nakapanghihilakbot sa kakayahang manakit.

Word by Word

• गजाः: elephants
• गजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• विंशतिसाहस्राः: twenty-thousand (in number)
• विंशतिसाहस्राः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विंशतिसाहस्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ईषादन्ताः: with tusks like plough-beams (huge-tusked)
• ईषादन्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईषादन्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रहारिणः: striking, smiting
• प्रहारिणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रहारिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कुलीनाः: of noble breed
• कुलीनाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुलीन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भिन्नकरटाः: with split temples (oozing ichor)
• भिन्नकरटाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भिन्नकरट
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मेघाः: clouds
• मेघाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेघ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• विसर्पिणः: spreading, moving about
• विसर्पिणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विसर्पिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• elephants
• clouds