Shloka 53

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

Devanagari script

षट्‌ सहस्रान्‌ हयान्‌ वीरान्‌ पुनर्दशशतान्‌ वरान्‌

Transliteration

ṣaṭ-sahasrān hayān vīrān punar daśa-śatān varān

Translation

Sañjaya said: “(He mustered) six thousand horses—valiant and battle-worthy—along with another thousand, all of them choice steeds.”

Word by Word

• षट्: six
• षट्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्
• Form: —, —, —

• सहस्रान्: thousands
• सहस्रान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• हयान्: horses
• हयान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• वीरान्: heroic, valiant
• वीरान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पुनः: again, further
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः
• Form: —, —, —

• दशशतान्: ten hundreds (i.e., a thousand)
• दशशतान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशशत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• वरान्: excellent, choice
• वरान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya