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Chapter 7.164 - Verse 71

Sanskrit Text

ततो भीमो महाबाहुरनीके स्वे महागजम् जघान गदया राजन्नश्वत्थामानमित्युत

English Translation

Others approved of it. Yudhishthira accepted it with much reluctance. Then the mighty-armed Bhiina, O monarch, slew with his mace, a terrible prodigious and foecrushing elephant called Ashvatthaman belonging to Indravarman the ruler of the Malavas.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

ततो | भीमो | महत् + बाहु | अनीके | स्वे | महत् + गज
जघान | गदया | राजन्न् | अश्वत्थामानम् | इति + उत