Shloka 165

वासवी-शक्तेः प्रयोगः, घटोत्कच-वधोत्तर-शोकः, व्यासोपदेशश्च

The Vāsavī Spear’s Use, Post-Ghaṭotkaca Grief, and Vyāsa’s Counsel

Devanagari script

ततो रथसहस्रेण द्विरदानां शतैस्त्रिभि: । षड्भिवाजिसहसेश्व॒ भीमस्तं देशमागमत्‌

Transliteration

tato rathasahasreṇa dviradānāṁ śatais tribhiḥ | ṣaḍbhir āji-sahasraiś ca bhīmas taṁ deśam āgamat ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then Bhīma advanced to that region, accompanied by a thousand chariots, three hundred elephants, and six thousand horses—an overwhelming surge of force that signals the war’s escalating intensity and the grave resolve driving the combatants onward.

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from there/then')

• रथ: chariot
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, stem; used as first member of compound

• सहस्रेण: with a thousand (chariots)
• सहस्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, instrumental singular

• द्विरदानाम्: of elephants
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विरद
• Form: Masculine, genitive plural

• शतैः: with hundreds
• शतैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, instrumental plural

• त्रिभिः: three
• त्रिभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, instrumental plural

• षड्भिः: six
• षड्भिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, instrumental plural

• वाजि: horse
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाजिन्
• Form: Masculine, stem; used as first member of compound

• सहस्रैः: with thousands (of horses)
• सहस्रैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, instrumental plural

• भीमः: Bhima
• भीमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, nominative singular

• तम्: that
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, accusative singular

• देशम्: region; place
• देशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश
• Form: Masculine, accusative singular

• आगमत्: came; arrived
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (आ + गम्)
• Form: Aorist (luṅ), 3rd person singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• भीम (Bhīma)
• रथ (chariots)
• द्विरद (elephants)
• अजि/अश्व (horses)
• देश (that region/place)