Shloka 44

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 95 — Sātyaki’s Breakthrough and the Routing of Allied Contingents

Devanagari script

दार्वातिसारा दरदा: पुण्ड्राश्वेव सहस्रश: । ते न शक्या: सम संख्यातुं व्रात्या:ःशतसहसत्रश:,दार्वातिसार, दरद और पुण्ड्र आदि हजारों लाखों संस्कारशून्य म्लेच्छ वहाँ उपस्थित थे, जिनकी गणना नहीं की जा सकती थी

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | dārvātisārā daradāḥ puṇḍrāś caiva sahasraśaḥ | te na śakyāḥ samaṃ saṅkhyātuṃ vrātyāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “There were thousands upon thousands of Dārvātisāras, Daradas, and Puṇḍras. Those vast hordes—described as vrātyas, people outside the established sacramental order—could not be counted in full.”

Word by Word

दार्वातिसाराःthe Dārvātisāras (a people/tribe)

दरदाःthe Daradas (a people/tribe)

पुण्ड्राःthe Puṇḍras (a people/tribe)

इवlike/as if

सहस्रशःby thousands; in thousands

तेthey/those

नnot

शक्याःpossible; able (to be done/counted)

समम्fully; evenly; altogether

संख्यातुम्to count; to enumerate

व्रात्याःVrātyas; outcast/uninitiated people

शतसहस्रशःby hundreds of thousands; in hundreds of thousands

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dārvātisāras

Daradas

Puṇḍras

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes