Shloka 13

पाण्डवसेनानायकाभिषेकः तथा बलरामागमन-उपदेशः | Appointment of Pandava Commanders and Balarama’s Counsel

Devanagari script

चतुर्युजो रथा: सर्वे सर्वे चोत्तमवाजिन: । सप्रासऋष्टिका: सर्वे सर्वे शतशरासना:,उन सभी रथोंमें चार-चार घोड़े जुते हुए थे, वे सभी घोड़े अच्छी जातिके थे और सम्पूर्ण रथोंमें प्रास, ऋष्टि एवं सौ-सौ धनुष रखे गये थे

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | caturyujā rathāḥ sarve sarve cottamavājinaḥ | saprāsar̥ṣṭikāḥ sarve sarve śataśarāsanāḥ |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: All the chariots were four-yoked, and all the horses were of excellent breed. Every chariot was furnished with spears and javelins, and each was stocked with a hundred bows.

Word by Word

चतुर्युगाःhaving four yokes (i.e., four-horsed)

रथाःchariots

सर्वेall

चand

उत्तमवाजिनःhaving excellent horses / of excellent steeds

सप्रासऋष्टिकाःwith spears and javelins

सर्वेall

शतशरासनाःhaving a hundred bows

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

ratha (chariots)

vājina (horses)

prāsa (spear)

r̥ṣṭi (javelin/lance)

śarāsana (bow)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes