Shloka 4

सौप्तिकपर्व — धृष्टद्युम्नसारथिवृत्तान्तः

Report of the Night Raid and Yudhiṣṭhira’s Lament

Devanagari script

एतैर्नरगजाश्रानां प्रासशक्तिपरश्रवधथैः । सहस्राणि निकृन्तद्धिर्नि:शेषं ते बल॑ कृतम्‌,इन तीनोंने प्रास, शक्ति और फरसोंद्वारा सहस्रों मनुष्यों, घोड़ों और हाथियोंको काट- काटकर आपकी सारी सेनाको समाप्त कर दिया है

Transliteration

etair nara-gajāśvānāṃ prāsa-śakti-paraśvadhaiḥ | sahasrāṇi nikṛntadbhir niḥśeṣaṃ te balaṃ kṛtam ||

Translation

Sūta said: “With these weapons—spears, javelins, and axes—those men cut down thousands of warriors, horses, and elephants, and thus made your entire force utterly without remainder.”

Word by Word

एतैःby these

नरmen

गजelephants

अश्वानाम्of horses

प्रासspears

शक्तिjavelins/lances

परशुaxes

वधैःby slayings/killings

सहस्राणिthousands

निकृन्तद्भिःby (them) cutting down

नि:शेषम्entirely, without remainder

तेyour

बलम्army/force

कृतम्made/done (i.e., rendered)

Speaker

सूत उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sūta (narrator)

weapons: prāsa (spear), śakti (javelin), paraśu/paraśvadha (axe)

nara (warriors), aśva (horses), gaja (elephants)

bala (army/force)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes