Shloka 40.19Unverified draft

शार्दूलसिंहाविव जातदर्पौ गजेन्द्रपोताविव सम्प्रयुक्तौ । संहत्य चापीड्य च तावुरोभ्यां निपेततुर्वै युगपद्धरण्याम् ।।6.40.19।।

Meaning

Word-by-word (pada-artha)

WordDevanagariMeaningGrammatical role
śārdūlasiṃhāviva jātadarpau gajendrapotāviva samprayuktauशार्दूलसिंहाविव जातदर्पौ गजेन्द्रपोताविव सम्प्रयुक्तौlike a tiger and a lion grown proud, like two young lordly elephants locked togethernominative dual compound + particle of comparison + nominative dual compound adjective + nominative dual compound + particle of comparison + nominative dual participle
saṃhatya cāpīḍya ca tāvurobhyāṃ nipetaturvai yugapaddharaṇyāmसंहत्य चापीड्य च तावुरोभ्यां निपेततुर्वै युगपद्धरण्याम्colliding and pressing each other with their chests, the two fell at once to the groundgerund + conjunction + gerund + conjunction + nominative dual pronoun + instrumental dual + verb + particle + adverb + locative

Reference: 6.40.19 · Yuddha Kāṇḍa