Shloka 82

Daiva–Puruṣakāra Discourse and the Elephant-Corps Engagement (भीमगजानीक-सम्भ्रान्ति)

Devanagari script

एवं स तान्यनीकानि कलिड्ञानां पुन: पुन:

Transliteration

evaṁ sa tāny anīkāni kaliḍjñānāṁ punaḥ punaḥ

Translation

وهكذا راح يُعيد النظر في تلك التشكيلات القتالية مرة بعد مرة، مُدقِّقًا في قوى الخصم ومُحصيًاها بعناية—فعلُ يقظةٍ وتقديرٍ في ظلِّ الثِّقل الأخلاقي للمذبحة الوشيكة.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तानि: those
• तानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• अनीकानि: armies, divisions (of troops)
• अनीकानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनीक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• कलिड्ञानाम्: of the Kalidñas (a people/tribe; reading uncertain)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलिड्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• पुनः: again (repeatedly)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya