Shloka 13

Saṃjaya’s Warning to Dhṛtarāṣṭra: Accountability, Alliance-Shift, and the Pāṇḍava Strategic Edge

Devanagari script

एवमेतानि स रथे वहज्छवेतहयो रणे

Transliteration

evametāni sa rathe vahañ śvetahayō raṇe

Translation

સંજય બોલ્યો—આ રીતે તે સર્વ શસ્ત્રો અને તૈયારી સાથે લઈને, શ્વેત અશ્વોથી જોડાયેલા રથ પર આરુઢ થઈ રણભૂમિમાં પ્રવેશ્યો.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• एतानि: these (things)
• एतानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, plural

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• रथे: in/on the chariot
• रथे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• वहन्: carrying/driving
• वहन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), masculine, nominative, singular

• श्वेतहयः: one having white horses / (the chariot) with white horses
• श्वेतहयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वेतहय
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• chariot (ratha)
• white horses (śvetahayāḥ)
• battle (raṇa)