Shloka 48
Chapter 23: Śakuni Reports, Kaurava Advance, and Arjuna’s Penetration of the Host
Devanagari script
रुधिरोक्षितसर्वाड़ा विप्रविद्धैर्नियन्तृभि: । हया: परिपतन्ति सम शतशो5थ सहसत्रश:
Transliteration
rudhirokṣita-sarvāṅgā vipraviddhair niyantṛbhiḥ | hayāḥ paripatanti sma śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ ||
Translation
সঞ্জয় বললেন—সারা দেহ রক্তে সিক্ত, আর চালকেরা আহত হয়ে বিভ্রান্ত—এমন ঘোড়াগুলি শত শত, তারপর সহস্র সহস্র করে লুটিয়ে পড়ছিল।
Word by Word
रुधिरोक्षितसर्वाङ्गाःwhose whole bodies are drenched with blood
रुधिरोक्षितसर्वाङ्गाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootरुधिर-उक्षित-सर्वाङ्ग (सर्व + अङ्ग)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
विप्रविद्धैःpierced, struck through
विप्रविद्धैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootवि-प्र-विद् (क्त)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
नियन्तृभिःby the drivers (charioteers/handlers)
नियन्तृभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootनियन्तृ (नियम् + तृच्)
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
हयाःhorses
हयाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootहय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
परिपतन्तिfall down, collapse all around
परिपतन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootपरि + पत्
FormPresent (Lat), 3rd, Plural
समम्together, simultaneously
समम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम
शतशःby hundreds
शतशः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootशतशस्
अथand then / also
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
सहस्रशःby thousands
सहस्रशः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसहस्रशस्
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaH
horses (hayāḥ)C
charioteers/drivers (niyantṛ)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes