Shloka 22

द्वैपायनह्रदे दुर्योधनान्वेषणम् / The Search for Duryodhana at Dvaipāyana Lake

Devanagari script

संजय उवाच रथानां द्वे सहस्रे तु सप्त नागशतानि च,संजयने कहा--राजन्‌! पाण्डवोंकी विशाल सेनामें-से केवल दो हजार रथ, सात सौ हाथी, पाँच हजार घोड़े और दस हजार पैदल बच गये थे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | rathānāṃ dve sahasre tu sapta nāgaśatāni ca |

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O King, in the vast army of the Pāṇḍavas, only two thousand chariots and seven hundred elephants remained.” The statement underscores the catastrophic attrition of war and the moral weight of victory purchased through immense loss.

Word by Word

• संजयः: Sanjaya
• संजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• रथानाम्: of chariots
• रथानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• द्वे: two
• द्वे: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative/Accusative, Dual

• सहस्रे: thousands
• सहस्रे: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Dual

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त
• Form: Neuter (indeclinable numeral used adjectivally), Nominative/Accusative, Plural (sense)

• नागशतानि: hundreds of elephants
• नागशतानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नागशत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Rājan (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• Pāṇḍavas
• chariots
• elephants