Shloka 13

धृतराष्ट्र-संजय-संवादः — सैन्यप्रशंसा, भेदनवृत्तान्त-प्रश्नः

Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Sañjaya Dialogue: Praise of the Host and Inquiry after the Breach

Devanagari script

शतं चाश्वसहस्राणां रथानामयुतानि षट्‌ । द्विरदानां प्रभिन्नानां सहस्राणि चतुर्दश

Transliteration

śataṃ cāśvasahasrāṇāṃ rathānām ayutāni ṣaṭ | dviradānāṃ prabhinnānāṃ sahasrāṇi caturdaśa

Translation

Sañjaya said: “There were a hundred thousand horses, sixty thousand chariots, and fourteen thousand rut-maddened, fully charging elephants.”

Word by Word

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

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

• अश्वसहस्राणाम्: of thousands of horses
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वसहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• रथानाम्: of chariots
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अयुतानि: ten-thousands
• अयुतानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयुत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural

• षट्: six
• षट्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्
• Form: —, Nominative/Accusative, Plural (indeclinable numeral usage)

• द्विरदानाम्: of elephants
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विरद
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• प्रभिन्नानाम्: of (those) in rut / maddened
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-भिद्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• सहस्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural

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

• चतुर्दश: fourteen
• चतुर्दश: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दश
• Form: —, Nominative/Accusative, Plural (indeclinable numeral usage)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• horses
• chariots
• elephants