Shloka 96

Devanagari script

सादिभिश्न हतै: शूरै: संकीर्णा वसुधाभवत्‌ | टूटे पहियेवाले रथों, गिराये हुए विशाल ध्वजों और मारे गये शूरवीर घुड़सवारोंसे वहाँकी भूमि आच्छादित हो गयी थी

Transliteration

sa-ādibhiś ca hataiḥ śūraiḥ saṅkīrṇā vasudhābhavat |

Translation

Sañjaya said: The earth there became choked and strewn with the fallen—covered with the wreckage of war and the bodies of slain heroes. Broken chariots with shattered wheels, great standards cast down, and dead mounted warriors lay scattered, showing how the frenzy of battle reduces even the mighty to ruin and turns the field into a grim testimony of adharma’s devastation.

Word by Word

• सादिभिः: by/with horsemen (mounted warriors)
• सादिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सादि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• हतैः: slain
• हतैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• शूरैः: heroes/warriors
• शूरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• संकीर्णा: covered, strewn, filled
• संकीर्णा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संकीर्ण
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• वसुधा: the earth/ground
• वसुधा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुधा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: became/was
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• earth/ground (vasudhā)
• chariots (ratha)
• wheels (cakra)
• banners/standards (dhvaja)
• mounted warriors/horsemen (aśvārūḍha)
• slain heroes (hatāḥ śūrāḥ)