Shloka 17

अध्याय २९: कर्णस्य शल्यं प्रति शापस्मरणं च युद्धनिश्चयः | Chapter 29: Karṇa recalls curses to Śalya and declares resolve for battle

Devanagari script

गजान्‌ गजप्रयन्तृश्च वैजयन्त्यायुधध्वजान्‌ | सादिनो<श्चांश्व पत्तींश्ष शरैनिन्यि यमक्षयम्‌

Transliteration

gajān gajaprayantṝṁś ca vaijayanty-āyudha-dhvajān | sādino 'śvāṁś ca pattīṁś ca śaraiḥ ninye yamākṣayam ||

Translation

Sañjaya dit : De ses flèches, il envoya au séjour de Yama les éléphants et leurs cornacs, les guerriers portant les étendards vaijayantī et les armes, ainsi que les cavaliers, les chevaux et les fantassins, les abattant dans le cours inexorable du combat.

Word by Word

• गजान्: elephants
• गजान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• गजप्रयन्तॄन्: elephant-drivers (mahouts)
• गजप्रयन्तॄन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गजप्रयन्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• वैजयन्त्यायुधध्वजान्: those with victory-banners and weapons (standard-bearers/warriors)
• वैजयन्त्यायुधध्वजान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैजयन्त्यायुधध्वज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सादिनः: horsemen/cavalrymen
• सादिनः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सादिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• अश्वपत्तीन्: horse-troops (mounted units)
• अश्वपत्तीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वपत्ति
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• निन्ये: led/sent (to)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular

• यमक्षयम्: the abode of Yama (death)
• यमक्षयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमक्षय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Yama
• war-elephants
• elephant-drivers (mahouts)
• vaijayantī banners/standards
• weapons
• horsemen
• horses
• infantry
• arrows