Shloka 73

Cakravyūha-saṃkalpaḥ, Saṃśaptaka-āhvānaṃ, Saubhadra-vikrīḍitam

Drona Parva, Adhyāya 32

Devanagari script

पदातिरथनागाश्चा गजाश्वरथपत्तिभि:

Transliteration

padātirathanāgāś ca gajāśvarathapattibhiḥ

Translation

サञ्जयは報告する。戦場はあらゆる兵種—歩兵、戦車兵、象兵—で満ち、象隊・馬隊・戦車隊・歩兵隊が入り乱れていた。この一句は、戦の圧倒的な規模と混沌を示し、全軍が一つに衝突する中で、個々の命が巨大で無名の戦闘機構に呑み込まれてゆくさまを語る。

Word by Word

• पदाति: foot-soldier, infantryman
• पदाति: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पदाति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रथ: chariot
• रथ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

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

• गज: by/with elephants
• गज: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गज
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अश्व: by/with horses
• अश्व: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• रथ: by/with chariots
• रथ: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• पत्तिभिः: by/with foot-soldiers
• पत्तिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्ति
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• infantry (padāti/patti)
• chariots (ratha)
• elephants (nāga/gaja)
• horses (aśva)