Shloka 25

Devanagari script

नराणां च महायुद्धे सहस्राणि चतुर्दश । दन्तिनां च सहस्राणि हयानामयुतं पुन:

Transliteration

narāṇāṁ ca mahāyuddhe sahasrāṇi caturdaśa | dantināṁ ca sahasrāṇi hayānām ayutaṁ punaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya dit : «Dans cette grande bataille, il y avait quatorze mille fantassins ; et encore, des milliers d’éléphants et dix mille chevaux.»

Word by Word

• नराणाम्: of men
• नराणाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• महायुद्धे: in the great battle
• महायुद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महायुद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• सहस्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural

• चतुर्दश: fourteen
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दश
• Form: Indeclinable (numeral), N/A, N/A

• दन्तिनाम्: of elephants (tusked ones)
• दन्तिनाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: दन्तिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• सहस्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural

• हयानाम्: of horses
• हयानाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: हय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अयुतम्: ten thousand
• अयुतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयुत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• पुनः: again; moreover
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• foot-soldiers (narāḥ)
• war-elephants (dantinaḥ)
• horses (hayāḥ)
• the great battle (mahāyuddha; Kurukṣetra context)