Shloka 9

Saṃśaptaka-Varūthinī Saṅgrāma — Binding and Counter-Binding (संशप्तक-वरूथिनी-संग्रामः)

Devanagari script

तस्मै दद्यां शतं नागान्‌ शतं ग्रामान्‌ शतं रथान्‌ | सुवर्णस्य च मुख्यस्य हयाग्रयेणां शतं शतान्‌

Transliteration

tasmai dadyāṁ śataṁ nāgān śataṁ grāmān śataṁ rathān | suvarṇasya ca mukhyasya hayāgrayēṇāṁ śataṁ śatān

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „Ihm gäbe ich hundert Elefanten, hundert Dörfer und hundert Wagen; und vom edelsten Gold Hunderte über Hunderte, dazu auserlesene Pferde.“

Word by Word

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, dative, singular

• दद्याम्: I would give / may I give
• दद्याम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (ददाति)
• Form: optative (vidhi-liṅ), 1st, singular, parasmaipada

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (numeral)
• Root: शत
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• नागान्: elephants
• नागान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (numeral)
• Root: शत
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• ग्रामान्: villages
• ग्रामान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्राम
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (numeral)
• Root: शत
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• रथान्: chariots
• रथान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• सुवर्णस्य: of gold
• सुवर्णस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्ण
• Form: neuter, genitive, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• मुख्यस्य: excellent / choice
• मुख्यस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुख्य
• Form: neuter, genitive, singular

• हयाग्रयेणाम्: with (those) having horse-foreparts / horse-headed (ones)
• हयाग्रयेणाम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हयाग्रय
• Form: neuter, instrumental, plural

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (numeral)
• Root: शत
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• शतान्: hundreds
• शतान्: Karma
• Type: Noun (numeral)
• Root: शत
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• elephants
• villages
• chariots
• gold
• horses

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Material wealth and lavish gifts can be used as instruments of persuasion, but the epic context highlights an ethical tension: true allegiance and right conduct (dharma) should not be bought when higher duties and principles are at stake.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports an offer of extraordinary rewards—elephants, villages, chariots, fine gold, and excellent horses—indicating an attempt to win someone over or secure cooperation through generosity and inducement in the charged atmosphere of the Kurukṣetra war.