Shloka 2

कृष्णेन अर्जुनस्य प्रोत्साहनम् — Kṛṣṇa’s Exhortation to Arjuna

Prelude to Karṇa’s Slaying

Devanagari script

रथौघाश्ष हयौघाक्ष नरौघाश्ष॒ समन्ततः । गजौघाश्न महाराज संसक्ताश्न परस्परम्‌,राजेन्द्र! रथसमूह, अश्वसमूह, हाथियोंके झुंड और पैदल मनुष्योंके समुदाय सब ओर एक-दूसरेसे उलझे हुए थे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | rathaughāś ca hayaughāś ca naraughāś ca samantataḥ | gajaughāś ca mahārāja saṃsaktāś ca parasparam ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: O great king, everywhere the masses of chariots, the masses of horses, the masses of foot-soldiers, and the masses of elephants were locked together, entangled with one another in the press of battle—an image of war’s overwhelming confusion where countless lives are caught in mutual collision.

Word by Word

रथौघाःmasses/streams of chariots

हयौघाःmasses of horses

नरौघाःmasses of men/foot-soldiers

समन्ततःon all sides, all around

गजौघाःmasses of elephants

महाराजO great king

संसक्ताःentangled, engaged in close contact

परस्परम्with one another, mutually

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

chariots

horses

elephants

infantry

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes