Shloka 10

Gāndhārī’s Battlefield Survey: The Fallen and the Onset of Funeral Rites (शल्य-भगीरथ-भीष्म-द्रोणादि-दर्शनम्)

Devanagari script

एष शैलालयो राजा भगदत्त: प्रतापवान्‌ | गजाड्कुशधर: श्रीमान्‌ शेते भुवि निपातित:,ये पर्वतीय, तेजस्वी एवं प्रतापी राजा भगदत्त हाथमें हाथीका अंकुश लिये पृथ्वीपर सो रहे हैं। इन्हें अर्जुनने मार गिराया था

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | eṣa śailālayaḥ rājā bhagadattaḥ pratāpavān | gajāṅkuśadharaḥ śrīmān śete bhuvi nipātitaḥ |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Đây là vua Bhagadatta, chúa tể xứ núi hùng mạnh—rạng danh, lẫm liệt, tay còn cầm móc điều voi—nay bị đánh gục và nằm duỗi trên mặt đất.”

Word by Word

• एषः: this (man)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शैलालयः: one dwelling in the mountains
• शैलालयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैलालय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भगदत्तः: Bhagadatta
• भगदत्तः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगदत्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रतापवान्: mighty, valorous
• प्रतापवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतापवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गजाङ्कुशधरः: bearing an elephant-goad
• गजाङ्कुशधरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गजाङ्कुशधर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• श्रीमान्: splendid, illustrious
• श्रीमान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रीमत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शेते: lies, rests
• Type: Verb
• Root: शी (शयने)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• भुवि: on the ground/earth
• भुवि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• निपातितः: felled, struck down
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि-पत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhagadatta
• gajāṅkuśa (elephant-goad)
• bhuvi (the earth/ground)
• śaila (mountain region)