Shloka 121

Daiva–Puruṣakāra Discourse and the Elephant-Corps Engagement (भीमगजानीक-सम्भ्रान्ति)

Devanagari script

दिष्ट्या कलिड्डराजश्न राजपुत्रश्न केतुमान्‌ । शक्रदेवश्व कालिज्गभः कलिड्राश्व मृधे हता:

Transliteration

diṣṭyā kaliṅgarājaś ca rājaputraś ca ketumān | śakradevaś ca kaliṅgabhaḥ kaliṅgāś ca mṛdhe hatāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: “Syukurlah, raja Kaliṅga, pangeran Ketumān, Śakradeva, Kaliṅgabha, dan para prajurit Kaliṅga telah gugur di medan perang.”

Word by Word

• दिष्ट्या: fortunately / by good luck
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दिष्टि
• Form: Avyaya (instrumental sense: 'by good fortune')

• कलिङ्गराजः: the king of Kalinga
• कलिङ्गराजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलिङ्गराज
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• राजपुत्रः: the prince
• राजपुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• केतुमान्: Ketumān (the bannered one; proper name)
• केतुमान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: केतुमत्
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• शक्रदेवः: Śakradeva (proper name)
• शक्रदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्रदेव
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Avyaya

• कालिङ्गभः: Kāliṅgabha (proper name)
• कालिङ्गभः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालिङ्गभ
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• कलिङ्गाः: the Kalingas
• कलिङ्गाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलिङ्ग
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Avyaya

• मृधे: in battle
• मृधे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृध्
• Form: Feminine, locative, singular

• हताः: were slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), masculine nominative plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kaliṅga (kingdom/people)
• Kaliṅgarāja (King of Kaliṅga)
• Ketumān
• Śakradeva
• Kaliṅgabha