Shloka 20

Devanagari script

विरथा रथिनो राजन्‌ समासाद्य परस्परम्‌

Transliteration

virathā rathino rājan samāsādya parasparam

Translation

Sañjaya said: O King, the chariot-warriors, having met one another face to face, were left without their chariots—thrown into close, direct combat where valor and endurance, rather than mere equipment, decide the outcome.

Word by Word

• विरथाः: without chariots, dismounted
• विरथाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विरथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• रथिनः: chariot-warriors
• रथिनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• समासाद्य: having approached, having come up to
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√सद्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Prior action (having approached)

• परस्परम्: each other, mutually
• परस्परम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्पर
• Form: true

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• rathins (chariot-warriors)
• chariots