Shloka 10

Bhīṣma-parva Adhyāya 16 — Saṃjaya’s Boon, Bhīṣma’s Protection, and the Dawn Arraying of Armies

Devanagari script

गजा: पदाता रथिनस्तुरगाश्न विशाम्पते । व्यतिष्ठन्‌ वागुराकारा: शतशो5थ सहस्रश:,प्रजानाथ! हाथी, घोड़े, पैदल और रथी, शत्रुओंको बाँधनेके लिये जाल-से बनकर एक- एक जगह सैकड़ों और हजारोंकी संख्यामें खड़े थे

Transliteration

gajāḥ padātā rathinas turagāś ca viśāmpate | vyatiṣṭhan vāgurākārāḥ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O lord of the people, elephants, infantry, chariot-warriors, and horses stood stationed—by hundreds and by thousands—arrayed like a net, as if to ensnare the enemy.”

Word by Word

• गजाः: elephants
• गजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पदाताः: foot-soldiers
• पदाताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पदात
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• रथिनः: chariot-warriors
• रथिनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तुरगाः: horses
• तुरगाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुरग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नृपते: O king
• नृपते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• व्यतिष्ठन्: stood / were stationed
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• वागुराकाराः: having the form of a net (net-like)
• वागुराकाराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वागुराकार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शतशः: by hundreds / in hundreds
• शतशः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शतशस्

• अथ: and then / also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• सहस्रशः: by thousands / in thousands
• सहस्रशः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस्

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• viśāmpati (the king addressed, i.e., Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• elephants
• infantry
• chariot-warriors
• horses
• net/snare (vāgura)