Shloka 226

Devanagari script

गतसत्त्वा व्यदृश्यन्त तथैव सह सादिभि: | कितने ही घोड़े और घुड़सवार मरे हुए पर्वताकार हाथियोंसे सटकर प्राणशून्य दिखायी देते थे

Transliteration

gatasattvā vyadṛśyanta tathaiva saha sādibhiḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Many were seen lying lifeless—bereft of strength and consciousness—along with their mounts and gear. Horses and horsemen, pressed close against the mountain-like bodies of fallen elephants, appeared utterly drained of life, revealing the war’s crushing, indiscriminate devastation.

Word by Word

• गतसत्त्वाः: devoid of life, lifeless
• गतसत्त्वाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गतसत्त्व (gata-sattva)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• व्यदृश्यन्त: were seen/appeared
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Ātmanepada

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• सादिभिः: with riders/horsemen (mounted men)
• सादिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सादि (sādi)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• horses
• horsemen
• elephants