Shloka 17

अध्याय २९: कर्णस्य शल्यं प्रति शापस्मरणं च युद्धनिश्चयः | Chapter 29: Karṇa recalls curses to Śalya and declares resolve for battle

Devanagari script

गजान्‌ गजप्रयन्तृश्च वैजयन्त्यायुधध्वजान्‌ | सादिनो<श्चांश्व पत्तींश्ष शरैनिन्यि यमक्षयम्‌

Transliteration

gajān gajaprayantṝṁś ca vaijayanty-āyudha-dhvajān | sādino 'śvāṁś ca pattīṁś ca śaraiḥ ninye yamākṣayam ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: With his arrows he sent to Yama’s abode elephants and their drivers, warriors bearing the vaijayantī standards and weapons, as well as horsemen, horses, and foot-soldiers—cutting them down in the relentless course of battle.

Word by Word

• गजान्: elephants
• गजान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• गजप्रयन्तॄन्: elephant-drivers (mahouts)
• गजप्रयन्तॄन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गजप्रयन्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• वैजयन्त्यायुधध्वजान्: those with victory-banners and weapons (standard-bearers/warriors)
• वैजयन्त्यायुधध्वजान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैजयन्त्यायुधध्वज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सादिनः: horsemen/cavalrymen
• सादिनः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सादिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• अश्वपत्तीन्: horse-troops (mounted units)
• अश्वपत्तीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वपत्ति
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• निन्ये: led/sent (to)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular

• यमक्षयम्: the abode of Yama (death)
• यमक्षयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमक्षय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Yama
• war-elephants
• elephant-drivers (mahouts)
• vaijayantī banners/standards
• weapons
• horsemen
• horses
• infantry
• arrows