Shloka 13

उपायैः पूर्ववधकथनम् / Strategic Justifications for Prior Eliminations

Devanagari script

प्रभद्रकाश्न॒ पञज्चाला: षट्सहस्रा: प्रहारिण:

Transliteration

prabhadrakāś ca pañcālāḥ ṣaṭsahasrāḥ prahāriṇaḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: The Prabhadrakas and the Pañcālas—six thousand strong—advanced as fierce assailants, striking in the thick of battle.

Word by Word

• प्रभद्रकाः: the Prabhadrakas (a people/warrior-group)
• प्रभद्रकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभद्रक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पञ्चालाः: the Panchalas
• पञ्चालाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चाल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• षट्सहस्राः: six-thousand (in number)
• षट्सहस्राः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट्सहस्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रहारिणः: strikers/attackers; those who smite
• प्रहारिणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रहारिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• प्रभद्रकाः (Prabhadrakas)
• पञ्चालाः (Pañcālas)