Shloka 18

Devanagari script

रथा हीना महाराज रथिभिवाजिभिस्तथा । गन्धर्वनगराकारा दृश्यन्ते सम सहस्रश:,महाराज! गन्धर्वनगरोंके समान सहस्रों विशाल रथ रथियों और घोड़ोंसे हीन दिखायी देने लगे

Transliteration

rathā hīnā mahārāja rathibhivājibhistathā | gandharvanagarākārā dṛśyante sama sahasraśaḥ ||

Translation

قال سانجيا: أيها الملك العظيم، إن آلافَ العرباتِ العظيمةِ تبدو الآن—خاليةً من السائقين والخيول—كمدائنَ الغندرفا الوهمية.

Word by Word

• रथाः: chariots
• रथाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• हीनाः: devoid (of)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हीन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• रथिभिः: with charioteers/warriors in chariots
• रथिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• वाजिभिः: with horses
• वाजिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाजि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• तथा: also/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• गन्धर्वनगराकाराः: having the appearance of a Gandharva-city (illusory city)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गन्धर्वनगराकार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दृश्यन्ते: are seen/appear
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Present, Atmanepada (passive-like sense), Third, Plural

• समम्: all around/everywhere; equally
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समम्

• सहस्रशः: by thousands; in thousands
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस्

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'mahārāja')
• chariots
• chariot-warriors/charioteers
• horses
• Gandharvas (as a simile: 'Gandharva-city')