Shloka 10

अध्याय ९९ — युयुधान-दुःशासन-युद्धम्

Chapter 99: Sātyaki and Duḥśāsana’s engagement

Devanagari script

कुण्जराश्वनरानन्ये पातयन्ति सम पत्रिभि: | तालमात्राणि चापानि विकर्षन्तो महारथा:,बहुत-से दूसरे महारथी चार हाथके धनुष खींचते हुए अपने पंखयुक्त बाणोंद्वारा हाथी, घोड़े और पैदल मनुष्योंको मार गिराते थे

Transliteration

kuñjarāśvanarān anye pātayanti sama-patribhiḥ | tāla-mātrāṇi cāpāni vikarṣanto mahā-rathāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Other great chariot-warriors, drawing bows as long as a tāla-palm, felled elephants, horses, and foot-soldiers with their feathered arrows. The scene reveals battle’s sweeping, impersonal force, where prowess and weaponry cut down living beings in masses, sharpening the ethical strain between duty in war and the human cost of violence.

Word by Word

• कुञ्जर: elephants
• कुञ्जर: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुञ्जर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अश्व: horses
• अश्व: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• नरान्: men (foot-soldiers)
• नरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पातयन्ति: cause to fall; strike down
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (पतति)
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada, Causative (णिजन्त)

• सम्: together; completely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्

• पत्रिभिः: with feathered (arrows)
• पत्रिभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पत्रिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• तालमात्राणि: of palm-tree measure (i.e., very large/long)
• तालमात्राणि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तालमात्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• चापानि: bows
• चापानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चाप
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• विकर्षन्तः: drawing (back)
• विकर्षन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√कृष्
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• महारथाः: great chariot-warriors
• महारथाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• mahārathas (great chariot-warriors)
• bows (cāpa)
• feathered arrows (patrin)
• elephants (kuñjara)
• horses (aśva)
• foot-soldiers/men (nara)