Shloka 57

Śalya’s Objection to Sārathya and Duryodhana’s Conciliation (शल्यमन्यु-प्रशमनम् / Sārathyāṅgīkāra)

Devanagari script

भग्नचक्रै रथै: कांश्षिच्छिन्नध्वजपताकिभि: । हताश्वैर्हतसूतैश्न भग्नाक्षैश्षैव मारिष

Transliteration

bhagnacakrair rathaiḥ kāṁś cicchinnadhvajapatākibhiḥ | hatāśvair hatasūtaiś ca bhagnākṣaiś caiva māriṣa ||

Translation

قال سنجيا: «أيها المبجَّل، شوهدت عرباتٌ قد تكسّرت عجلاتها؛ وأخرى قُطعت راياتها وألويةُها؛ وأخرى قُتلت خيولُها؛ وأخرى قُتل سُوّاقُها؛ وأخرى انكسرت محاورُها كذلك.»

Word by Word

• भग्नचक्रैः: with broken wheels
• भग्नचक्रैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भग्नचक्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• रथैः: with chariots
• रथैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• कांश्चित्: some
• कांश्चित्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: कश्चित्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• छिन्नध्वजपताकिभिः: with banners and pennants cut off
• छिन्नध्वजपताकिभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छिन्नध्वजपताकिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• हताश्वैः: with horses slain
• हताश्वैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हताश्व
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• हतसूतैः: with charioteers slain
• हतसूतैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हतसूत
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• भग्नाक्षैः: with axles broken
• भग्नाक्षैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भग्नाक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• मारिष: O sir (term of address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मारिष
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• chariots (ratha)
• wheels (cakra)
• banners/standards (dhvaja)
• pennants/flags (patākā)
• horses (aśva)
• charioteers (sūta)
• axles (akṣa)