Shloka 18

Devanagari script

चेदिकाशिकरूषाणां सहस््राणि चतुर्दश

Transliteration

cedikāśikarūṣāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi caturdaśa

Translation

Sañjaya said: “(There were) fourteen thousand (warriors) belonging to the Cedis, the Kāśis, and the Karūṣas.”

Word by Word

• चेदि: of the Cedis
• चेदि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेदि
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• काशि: of the Kāśis
• काशि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काशि
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• करूषाणाम्: of the Karūṣas
• करूषाणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: करूष
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• सहस्राणि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• चतुर्दश: fourteen
• चतुर्दश: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्दश
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Cedi (people/kingdom)
• Kāśi (people/kingdom)
• Karūṣa (people/kingdom)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse itself is primarily descriptive, but it supports the epic’s ethical frame by emphasizing the vast scale of collective kṣatriya participation and the weight of responsibility in war—numbers are not mere statistics but a reminder of the human cost and the seriousness of dharma in conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya is reporting troop details, listing the contingent size associated with the Cedi, Kāśi, and Karūṣa groups as fourteen thousand, as part of a broader enumeration of forces in the Kurukṣetra war context.