Shloka 12

उलूकदूतवाक्यम् / Ulūka’s Message to the Pāṇḍavas

Devanagari script

सेनया चतुरद्धिण्या महत्या दूरपातया

Transliteration

senayā caturaddhiṇyā mahatyā dūrapātayā

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Mit einem gewaltigen viergliedrigen Heer—so groß und so schlagkräftig, dass es seine Macht aus der Ferne spüren ließ—zogen sie heran.

Word by Word

• सेनया: by/with the army
• सेनया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेना
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• चतुरङ्गिण्या: by/with the four-limbed (fourfold) [army]
• चतुरङ्गिण्या: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुरङ्गिन्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• महत्या: by/with the great
• महत्या: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• दूरपातया: by/with the far-reaching (long-range)
• दूरपातया: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दूरपात
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• senā (army)