Shloka 15

Chapter 23: Śakuni Reports, Kaurava Advance, and Arjuna’s Penetration of the Host

Devanagari script

रथान्‌ सप्तशतान्‌ हत्वा कुरूणामाततायिनाम्‌ | पाण्डवा: सह पज्चालै: पुनरेवाभ्यवारयन्‌,उस समय पांचालोंसहित पाण्डवोंने आततायी कौरवोंके उन सात सौ रथियोंको मारकर पुन: अन्य योद्धाओंको आगे बढ़नेसे रोका

Transliteration

rathān saptśatān hatvā kurūṇām ātatāyinām | pāṇḍavāḥ saha pāñcālaiḥ punar evābhyavārayann ||

Translation

তখন পাঞ্চালদের সঙ্গে পাণ্ডবরা আক্রমণপ্রবণ কৌরবদের সাতশো রথীকে বধ করে, পুনরায় শত্রুর অগ্রগতি রোধ করল এবং অন্য যোদ্ধাদের এগোতে দিল না।

Word by Word

• रथान्: chariots / chariot-warriors
• रथान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सप्तशतान्: seven hundred
• सप्तशतान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तशत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• हत्वा: having slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Non-finite

• कुरूणाम्: of the Kurus (Kauravas)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• आततायिनाम्: of the aggressors / assailants
• Type: Noun
• Root: आततायिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• पाण्डवाः: the Pandavas
• पाण्डवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• पाञ्चालैः: with the Panchalas
• पाञ्चालैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चाल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

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

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

• अभ्यवारयन्: they held back / prevented / checked
• Type: Verb
• Root: वारय् (√वृ/√वार् caus.)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍavas
• Pāñcālas
• Kurus (Kauravas)
• chariots/chariot-warriors