Shloka 33

धृष्टद्युम्नस्य द्रोणरथारोহণं सात्यकेः प्रतिरक्षणं च | Dhrishtadyumna Boards Droṇa’s Chariot; Sātyaki’s Counter-Protection

Devanagari script

रथेषु गण्यमानेषु गणितं त॑ं महारथम्‌

Transliteration

ratheṣu gaṇyamāneṣu gaṇitaṁ taṁ mahāratham

Translation

Sañjaya said: “When the chariots were being counted and assessed, he was reckoned among them as a mahāratha—one of the foremost chariot-warriors.”

Word by Word

• रथेषु: among/on the chariots
• रथेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• गण्यमानेषु: being counted/considered
• गण्यमानेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गण्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural, Present passive participle (शानच्), locative plural

• गणितम्: counted/reckoned
• गणितम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गण्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त), nominative singular

• तम्: that (him)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महारथम्: great chariot-warrior
• महारथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• ratha (chariot)
• mahāratha (warrior rank)