Shloka 91

युधिष्ठिरस्य धनंजय-प्रति गर्हा

Yudhiṣṭhira’s Reproach to Dhanaṃjaya

Devanagari script

तत्‌ प्रकीर्णरथाश्वेभ॑ं नरवाजिसमाकुलम्‌

Transliteration

tat prakīrṇarathāśvebhaṁ naravājisamākulam

Translation

Sañjaya said: “That battlefield became a scattered chaos of chariots and horses, crowded and choked with men and steeds.”

Word by Word

• तत्: that (it/that place/that army)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• प्रकीर्ण-रथ-अश्वेभम्: strewn with chariots and horses
• प्रकीर्ण-रथ-अश्वेभम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रकीर्ण + रथ + अश्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• नर-वाजि-समाकुलम्: crowded with men and horses
• नर-वाजि-समाकुलम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नर + वाजिन्/वाजि + समाकुल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• chariots (ratha)
• horses/steeds (aśva, vāji)
• men/warriors (nara)
• battlefield scene (implied by context)