Shloka 42

त्रिपुरदाह-इतिहासः

Tripura-destruction exemplum and counsel to Śalya

Devanagari script

तान्यनीकानि दृप्तानि शस्त्रवन्ति महान्ति च

Transliteration

tāny anīkāni dṛptāni śastravanti mahānti ca

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Those battle-formations stood proud and formidable—well-armed and vast in scale.”

Word by Word

• तानि: those
• तानि: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• अनीकानि: armies, battle-formations
• अनीकानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनीक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• दृप्तानि: proud, haughty
• दृप्तानि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृप्त
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• शस्त्रवन्ति: armed, possessing weapons
• शस्त्रवन्ति: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शस्त्रवत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• महान्ति: great, large
• महान्ति: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• anīka (battle-formations/armies)
• śastra (weapons)