Shloka 346

Devanagari script

पजञ्चविंशतिसाहस्रा: कालमार्छन्‌ पदातय: । बहुतोंके रथ नष्ट हो गये और कितने ही बाणोंकी मारसे अत्यन्त घायल हो गये। इस प्रकार पचीस हजार पैदल सैनिक कालके गालमें चले गये

Transliteration

pañcaviṁśatisāhasrāḥ kālam ārchan padātayaḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Twenty-five thousand foot-soldiers went to Death. Many chariots were destroyed, and many warriors were grievously wounded by volleys of arrows—thus vast numbers were swallowed by the war’s relentless violence.

Word by Word

• पञ्चविंशतिसाहस्राः: twenty-five thousand (in number)
• पञ्चविंशतिसाहस्राः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चविंशति-साहस्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कालम्: death; Time (as death)
• कालम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आर्च्छन्: reached; went to
• Type: Verb
• Root: ऋ (आ-ऋच्छति)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural

• पदातयः: foot-soldiers; infantrymen
• पदातयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पदाति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kāla (Death/Time)
• padātayaḥ (infantry)