Shloka 58

भीमसेनस्य कौरवसुतवधः तथा श्रुतर्वावधः

Slaying of Kaurava princes and the fall of Śrutarvā

Devanagari script

ततो मुहूर्तादिव तद्‌ गजानीकमवध्यत

Transliteration

tato muhūrtād iva tad gajānīkam avadhyata

Translation

三阇耶说道：随即，仿佛只在顷刻之间，那支象军便被击溃而失其用——这正是战场混乱中，当决断之力迎面而来时，聚集的强大势能何其迅疾地崩塌的写照。

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter, then
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from that/thereafter')

• मुहूर्तात्: from/after a short while (a muhūrta)
• मुहूर्तात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुहूर्त
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• इव: as if, like
• इव: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव
• Form: Avyaya

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गजानीकम्: the elephant-corps, elephant host
• गजानीकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गज + अनीक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अवध्यत: was slain / was killed
• अवध्यत: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: वध्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Passive (karmaṇi), 3rd person, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• gajānīka (elephant-corps)