Shloka 18

Bhagadatta’s Astra and the Fall of the Prāgjyotiṣa King (भगदत्त-वधः / वैष्णवास्त्र-प्रसङ्गः)

Devanagari script

ततो दशसहस्राणि न्यवर्तन्त धनुष्मताम्‌ | मतिं कृत्वा रणे क्रूरां वीरा जयपराजये,तदनन्तर दस हजार धनुर्धर वीर जय अथवा पराजयके हेतुभूत युद्धका क्रूरतापूर्ण निश्चय करके लौट आये

Transliteration

tato daśasahasrāṇi nyavartanta dhanuṣmatām | matiṁ kṛtvā raṇe krūrāṁ vīrā jayaparājaye ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then ten thousand bowmen withdrew. Having steeled their minds in that fierce battlefield resolve—fixed upon victory or defeat—they turned back, ready to stake everything on the brutal logic of war.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya

• दश: ten
• Type: Noun
• Root: दश
• Form: Gender: (indeclinable numeral); Case: —; Number: —

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• सहस्राणि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र
• Form: Gender: Neuter; Case: Nominative; Number: Plural

• न्यवर्तन्त: returned, turned back
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + √वृत्
• Form: Tense: Imperfect (Laṅ); Person: 3rd; Number: Plural

• धनुष्मताम्: of the bowmen, of those possessing bows
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुष्मत्
• Form: Gender: Masculine; Case: Genitive; Number: Plural

• मतिम्: resolve, intention
• मतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति
• Form: Gender: Feminine; Case: Accusative; Number: Singular

• कृत्वा: having made, having formed
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय); Voice: —; (indeclinable verbal form)

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Gender: Masculine/Neuter; Case: Locative; Number: Singular

• क्रूराम्: cruel, fierce
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रूर
• Form: Gender: Feminine; Case: Accusative; Number: Singular

• वीराः: heroes, warriors
• वीराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Gender: Masculine; Case: Nominative; Number: Plural

• जय: in victory
• जय: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय
• Form: Gender: Masculine; Case: Locative (as first member in locative-dvandva); Number: Singular

• पराजये: in defeat
• पराजये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पराजय
• Form: Gender: Masculine; Case: Locative; Number: Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• ten thousand bowmen (dhanuṣmantaḥ vīrāḥ)
• battlefield (raṇa)