Shloka 62

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

Devanagari script

रथानेव रथा यान्तु कुञ्जरा: कुड्जरानपि | प्रतियातो हि शकुनि: स्वमनीकमवस्थित:

Transliteration

rathāneva rathā yāntu kuñjarāḥ kuñjarān api | pratiyāto hi śakuniḥ svamanīkam avasthitaḥ ||

Translation

“রথ রথের বিরুদ্ধে অগ্রসর হোক, আর হাতিও হাতির মোকাবিলায় যাক। কারণ শকুনি ফিরে এসে নিজের বাহিনীকে ব্যূহবদ্ধ করে দাঁড়িয়েছে।”

Word by Word

• रथान्: chariots
• रथान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

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

• यान्तु: let (them) go
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: Imperative, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• कुञ्जराः: elephants
• कुञ्जराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुञ्जर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कुड्जरान्: elephants
• कुड्जरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुड्जर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• प्रतियातः: returned/gone back
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रतिया
• Form: Past passive participle (kta), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• शकुनिः: Shakuni
• शकुनिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शकुनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वम्: his own
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अनीकम्: army/host
• अनीकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनीक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अवस्थितः: stood/was stationed
• Type: Verb
• Root: अवस्था
• Form: Past active participle (kta) from अव-स्था, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Śakuni
• ratha (chariots)
• kuñjara (elephants)
• manīka (military division/array)