Shloka 73

अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च

Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter

Devanagari script

सहस्रशश्न॒ रथिन: पातिता: पतितायुधा:

Transliteration

sahasraśaś ca rathinaḥ pātitāḥ patitāyudhāḥ

Translation

Dijo Sañjaya: Por millares, los guerreros de carro fueron derribados—caídos, con las armas soltadas de sus manos.

Word by Word

• सहस्रशः: by thousands; in thousands
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्र
• Form: Avyaya (distributive/quantitative adverb)

• रथिनः: chariot-warriors
• रथिनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथिन्
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

• पातिताः: felled; caused to fall
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पत्
• Form: Past passive participle (kta), masculine, nominative, plural

• पतितायुधाः: whose weapons had fallen; weaponless
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पतितायुध
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• rathinaḥ (chariot-warriors)
• āyudha (weapons)