Shloka 37

शल्यस्य पाण्डवसेनापीडनम् — Śalya’s Assault on the Pāṇḍava Host

with Omens and Bhīma’s Counter

Devanagari script

सत्यसेनो रथेषां तु नकुलस्य धनुस्तथा

Transliteration

satyaseno ratheṣāṁ tu nakulasya dhanus tathā

Translation

サञ्जयは言った。「御者たちの中にはサティヤセーナがあり、またナクラの弓もまた（そこにあった）。」この句は、武人とその軍装を列挙しつつ、戦においては個の武勇が、務めを果たさせる器具と支えから切り離せぬことを示している。

Word by Word

• सत्यसेनः: Satyasena (name; 'he whose army is truthful')
• सत्यसेनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्यसेन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रथेषाम्: of chariots / among chariots
• रथेषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• नकुलस्य: of Nakula
• नकुलस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नकुल
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• धनुः: bow
• धनुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: likewise, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Satyasena
• Nakula
• bow (dhanuḥ)
• chariots/charioteers (ratha/ratheṣām)