Shloka 16

Adhyāya 74 (Book 6, Bhīṣma-parva): Bhīma–Duryodhana re-engagement and afternoon escalation

Devanagari script

हयारोहवराश्वैव तव पुत्रेण चोदिता: । चतुर्दश सहस्राणि सौबलं पर्यवारयन्‌

Transliteration

hayārohavarāś caiva tava putreṇa coditāḥ | caturdaśa sahasrāṇi saubalaṃ paryavārayan |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Spurred on by your son, fourteen thousand elite horsemen surrounded Saubala, tightening the ring of battle around him.

Word by Word

• हयारोहवराः: excellent horsemen
• हयारोहवराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हयारोहवर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अश्वाः: horses
• अश्वाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• तव: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• पुत्रेण: by (your) son
• पुत्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

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

• उदिताः: urged/raised (to action)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उदित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• चतुर्दश: fourteen
• Type: Numeral
• Root: चतुर्दश
• Form: —, —, —

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

• सौबलम्: Saubala (Shakuni)
• सौबलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौबल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पर्यवारयन्: surrounded/encircled
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + वॄ (वरणे/आवरणे)
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'tava')
• Duryodhana (implied by 'your son')
• Saubala (Śakuni)