Shloka 4

Daiva–Puruṣakāra Discourse and the Elephant-Corps Engagement (भीमगजानीक-सम्भ्रान्ति)

Devanagari script

तामापतन्तीं महतीं कलिड्रानां महाचमूम्‌ । रथाश्वनागकलिलां प्रगृहीतमहायुधाम्‌

Transliteration

tām āpatantīṁ mahatīṁ kaliḍrāṇāṁ mahācamūm | rathāśvanāgakalilāṁ pragṛhītamahāyudhām ||

Translation

تب اس نے کلنگوں کی وہ عظیم فوج ٹوٹ پڑتی دیکھی—رتھوں، گھوڑوں اور ہاتھیوں سے گھنی، اور بڑے بڑے ہتھیار تھامے ہوئے۔

Word by Word

• ताम्: that (her/it)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• आपतन्तीम्: rushing/falling upon, charging
• आपतन्तीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आपत् (धातु: पत्/आपत्)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• महतīm: great, huge
• महतīm: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• कलिड्रानाम्: of the Kalidras (a people/tribe)
• कलिड्रानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलिड्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• महाचमूम्: the great army
• महाचमूम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाचमू
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• रथाश्वनागकलिलाम्: thick/teeming with chariots, horses, and elephants
• रथाश्वनागकलिलाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रथ + अश्व + नाग + कलिल
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रगृहीतमहायुधाम्: having taken up great weapons; armed with mighty weapons
• प्रगृहीतमहायुधाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रगृहीत + महायुध
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kaliṅgas
• mahācamū (great army/host)
• ratha (chariots)
• aśva (horses)
• nāga (elephants)
• mahāyudha (great weapons)