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Shloka 13

Saṃśaptaka-Varūthinī Saṅgrāma — Binding and Counter-Binding (संशप्तक-वरूथिनी-संग्रामः)

सुदान्तानपि चैवाहं दद्यामष्टादशापरान्‌ । रथं च शुभ्र॑ सौवर्ण दद्यां तस्मै सस्‍्वलंकृतम्‌

sudāntān api caivāhaṁ dadyām aṣṭādaśāparān | rathaṁ ca śubhraṁ sauvarṇaṁ dadyāṁ tasmai sa-sv-alaṅkṛtam ||

Dijo Sañjaya: «Le daré además dieciocho caballos más, bien domados; y también le daré un espléndido carro blanco, de oro y plenamente engalanado.»

सुदान्तान्well-tamed (ones)
सुदान्तान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसुदान्त
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
अपिeven/also
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअहम्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दद्याम्I would give / I should give
दद्याम्:
TypeVerb
Rootदा
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada
अष्टादशeighteen
अष्टादश:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअष्टादश
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
अपरान्other/additional
अपरान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअपर
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
रथम्chariot
रथम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरथ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
शुभ्रम्white/bright
शुभ्रम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootशुभ्र
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
सौवर्णम्golden / made of gold
सौवर्णम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसौवर्ण
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
दद्याम्I would give / I should give
दद्याम्:
TypeVerb
Rootदा
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada
तस्मैto him
तस्मै:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Dative, Singular
with
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
स्वलंकृतम्well-adorned
स्वलंकृतम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वलंकृत
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
C
chariot (ratha)
W
well-trained horses (sudāntāḥ)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights royal generosity and the readiness to offer valuable resources—trained horses and an ornate chariot—suggesting the ethical ideal of honoring and supporting a worthy recipient through substantial gifts.

Sañjaya, narrating events, describes an offer of significant martial assets: additional well-trained horses and a splendid, gold-adorned white chariot to a certain person, emphasizing the scale and seriousness of the support being pledged.