Shloka 6

Devanagari script

दृष्टवाश्वनरयोधानां विपुलं च क्षयं युधि । पाण्डवेया महाराज नाशशंसुर्जयं तदा,महाराज! युद्धस्थलमें घोड़ों और मनुष्य-योद्धाओंका वह महान्‌ विनाश देखकर पाण्डवोंकी अपनी विजयकी आशा जाती रही

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | dṛṣṭvā aśva-nara-yodhānāṃ vipulaṃ ca kṣayaṃ yudhi | pāṇḍaveyā mahārāja nāśaśaṃsur jayaṃ tadā ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: O great king, seeing the vast destruction in battle of horsemen and human warriors, the sons of Pāṇḍu then no longer held confidence in victory.

Word by Word

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपद-भाव

• अश्व-नर-योधानाम्: of horse(-men) and human warriors
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व / नर / योध
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• विपुलम्: vast, great
• विपुलम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपुल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• क्षयम्: destruction, loss
• क्षयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• युधि: in battle
• युधि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• पाण्डवेयाः: the sons/party of the Pandavas
• पाण्डवेयाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डवेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• महा-राज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• आशशंसुः: hoped for, expected
• Type: Verb
• Root: शंस्
• Form: लिट् (perfect), परस्मैपद, Third, Plural

• जयम्: victory
• जयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तदा: then, at that time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• महा-राज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Pāṇḍavas
• battlefield (yuddha-sthala)
• horsemen/war-horses (aśva)
• warriors (yodha)