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

サンジャヤは言った。「大王よ、四方いたるところで、戦車の群れ、馬の群れ、歩兵の群れ、象の群れが互いに絡み合い、戦の密集の中で一つに縺れ合っていた。」

Word by Word

• रथौघाः: masses/streams of chariots
• रथौघाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथौघ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• हयौघाः: masses of horses
• हयौघाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हयौघ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नरौघाः: masses of men/foot-soldiers
• नरौघाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरौघ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• समन्ततः: on all sides, all around
• समन्ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः

• गजौघाः: masses of elephants
• गजौघाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गजौघ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• संसक्ताः: entangled, engaged in close contact
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संसक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• परस्परम्: with one another, mutually
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्पर

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• chariots
• horses
• elephants
• infantry