Shloka 33

Devanagari script

हयाभ्यां च गजाभ्यां च रथाभ्यां च पदातिभि:

Transliteration

hayābhyāṁ ca gajābhyāṁ ca rathābhyāṁ ca padātibhiḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: “With horses and elephants, with chariots, and with foot-soldiers…”—a compressed battlefield description indicating the full spectrum of the army’s arms and the overwhelming press of war.

Word by Word

• हयाभ्याम्: by/with two horses
• हयाभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हय
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Dual

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• गजाभ्याम्: by/with two elephants
• गजाभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गज
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Dual

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• रथाभ्याम्: by/with two chariots
• रथाभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Dual

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पदातिभिः: by/with foot-soldiers (infantrymen)
• पदातिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पदाति
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• horses
• elephants
• chariots
• foot-soldiers (infantry)