Shloka 12

Devanagari script

पर्यस्तानीव शृुड्राणि ससत्त्वानि महागिरे: । धनंजयशराभ्यस्तै: स्तीर्णा भूर्वरवारणै:

Transliteration

paryastānīva śṛṅgāṇi sasattvāni mahāgireḥ | dhanañjayaśarābhyastaiḥ stīrṇā bhūr varavāraṇaiḥ ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：战场仿佛连同仍栖息着生灵的巍峨大山之峰也被掀翻抛下。大地上遍布高贵的战象，皆为檀那阇耶（阿周那）之箭所中而倾覆，横陈满地。

Word by Word

• पर्यस्तानि: overturned, thrown down
• पर्यस्तानि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर्यस्त (√अस् + परि-; past passive participle)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

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

• शृङ्गाणि: horns, peaks
• शृङ्गाणि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शृङ्ग
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• ससत्त्वानि: with living beings/creatures
• ससत्त्वानि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ससत्त्व (स + सत्त्व)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• महागिरेः: of the great mountain
• Type: Noun
• Root: महागिरि (महा + गिरि)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• धनंजय-शर-अभ्यस्तैः: struck/assailed by Arjuna's arrows
• धनंजय-शर-अभ्यस्तैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धनंजयशराभ्यस्त (धनंजय + शर + अभ्यस्त; past passive participle)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• स्तीर्णा: strewn, covered
• स्तीर्णा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्तीर्ण (√स्तॄ; past passive participle)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• भूः: the earth, ground
• भूः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• वर-वारणैः: by excellent elephants
• वर-वारणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरवारण (वर + वारण)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• धनंजय / अर्जुन (Dhanañjaya / Arjuna)
• महागिरि (great mountain)
• शर (arrows)
• वरवाराṇ (noble elephants)