Shloka 39
नारायणास्त्र-शमनं द्रौणि-प्रहारश्च
Pacification of the Nārāyaṇāstra and Drauni’s Renewed Assault
Devanagari script
तथा गजानू प्रभिन्नांश्व॒ सम्प्रभिन्ना महागजा:
Transliteration
tathā gajānu prabhinnāṁśva samprabhinnā mahāgajāḥ
Translation
سنجے نے کہا—اسی طرح عظیم ہاتھی بھی مستی میں تھے؛ بعض کے کنپٹوں سے مد بہہ رہا تھا اور وہ میدانِ جنگ کے شور میں دھاوا بول رہے تھے۔
Word by Word
तथाthus, likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
गजान्elephants
गजान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगज
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
उindeed/and (emphatic particle)
उ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ
प्रभिन्नान्rutting, in musth (with ichor flowing)
प्रभिन्नान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रभिन्न
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
इवlike, as
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
सम्प्रभिन्नाःfully rutting, greatly in musth
सम्प्रभिन्नाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्प्रभिन्न
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
महागजाःgreat elephants
महागजाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहागज
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
स
संजय (Sañjaya)म
महागज (mighty elephants)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse is primarily descriptive rather than didactic: it underscores how war unleashes uncontrollable forces—symbolized by musth elephants—suggesting the ethical danger of violence once it escalates beyond restraint.
Sañjaya reports the battlefield scene: mighty elephants, inflamed in musth with streaming temples, are charging and surging, intensifying the chaos and ferocity of the fighting.