Shloka 15

Devanagari script

।। युक्ताश्न पर्वतीयानां रथा: पाषाणयोधिनाम्‌

Transliteration

yuktāśna-parvatīyānāṁ rathāḥ pāṣāṇa-yodhinām

Translation

Sañjaya said: “The chariots of those stone-fighting warriors were harnessed with mountain-bred steeds.” In the grim momentum of battle, the verse highlights how even the very means of war—chariots and horses—are read as signs of a force’s rugged, unyielding character, intensifying the ethical weight of violence that is being prepared and carried out.

Word by Word

• युक्ताः: yoked, harnessed
• युक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त (युज्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अश्वाः: horses
• अश्वाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पर्वतीयानाम्: of the mountain(-dwelling) ones
• पर्वतीयानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर्वतीय
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• रथाः: chariots
• रथाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पाषाणयोधिनाम्: of the stone-fighters (those who fight with stones)
• पाषाणयोधिनाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाषाणयोधिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• chariots (rathāḥ)
• mountain-bred horses/steeds (parvatīyāḥ aśnāḥ)
• stone-fighting warriors (pāṣāṇa-yodhinaḥ)