Shloka 33

शल्यपर्वणि प्रथमाध्यायः — Karṇa-vadha-anantaraṃ Śalya-niyogaḥ, Saṃjayasya Dhṛtarāṣṭra-nivedanam

Devanagari script

नरा विनिहता: सर्वे गजाश्न विनिपातिता: । रथिनश्न नरव्याप्र हयाश्व निहता युधि,“नरव्याप्र! युद्धस्थलमें समस्त पैदल मनुष्य, हाथीसवार, रथी और घुड़सवार भी मार गिराये गये

Transliteration

nārā vinihatāḥ sarve gajāś ca vinipātitāḥ | rathinaś ca naravyāghra hayāś ca nihatā yudhi ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dit : «Ô tigre parmi les hommes, tous les fantassins furent tués ; les guerriers sur éléphants furent eux aussi abattus. Les combattants en chars et les cavaliers périrent pareillement dans la bataille.»

Word by Word

• नराः: men, foot-soldiers
• नराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• विनिहताः: slain, killed
• विनिहताः: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-नि-हन्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Passive/resultative

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• गजाः: elephants (elephant-troops)
• गजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• विनिपातिताः: felled, brought down
• विनिपातिताः: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-नि-पत्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Passive/resultative

• रथिनः: chariot-warriors
• रथिनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• नरव्याघ्र: O tiger among men
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर-व्याघ्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• हयाः: horses (cavalry)
• हयाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• निहताः: slain
• निहताः: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-हन्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Passive/resultative

• युधि: in battle
• युधि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• naravyāghra (addressee, unspecified hero)
• infantry (nārāḥ)
• elephant corps (gajāḥ)
• chariot warriors (rathinaḥ)
• cavalry/horsemen (hayāḥ)
• battlefield (yudhi)