Shloka 33

उपायैः पूर्ववधकथनम् / Strategic Justifications for Prior Eliminations

Devanagari script

ऋष्टिशक्तिगदाबाणमुसलप्रासपट्टिशा:

Transliteration

ṛṣṭiśaktigadābāṇamusalaprāsapaṭṭiśāḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: “(They bore and hurled) spears and javelins, maces and arrows, clubs, lances, and swords—an array of weapons unleashed in the fury of battle.”

Word by Word

• ऋष्टि: spears/lances
• ऋष्टि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• शक्ति: javelins/darts
• शक्ति: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• गदा: maces
• गदा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• बाण: arrows
• बाण: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मुसल: clubs/pestles
• मुसल: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुसल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• प्रास: pikes/lances
• प्रास: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पट्टिशा: battle-axes
• पट्टिशा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पट्टिश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• spears (ṛṣṭi)
• javelins (śakti)
• maces (gadā)
• arrows (bāṇa)
• clubs (musala)
• lances (prāsa)
• swords (paṭṭiśa)