Shloka 15

रणभूमिवर्णनम् — Devāsuropama-yuddha and the ‘River’ Metaphor of the Battlefield

Devanagari script

संजय उवाच क्षयं मनुष्यदेहानां तथा नागाश्चवसंक्षयम्‌

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca kṣayaṃ manuṣya-dehānāṃ tathā nāgāś ca vasaṃkṣayam

Translation

Sañjaya said: “I beheld the wasting away of human bodies, and likewise the destruction of the elephants as well.”

Word by Word

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

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• क्षयम्: destruction; loss
• क्षयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मनुष्यदेहानाम्: of human bodies
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्यदेह
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• तथा: and also; likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• नागाः: elephants
• नागाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• व: indeed; also (enclitic)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: व

• संक्षयम्: complete destruction; annihilation
• संक्षयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्षय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• humans (warriors)
• elephants (nāgāḥ)