Shloka 20

अध्याय ३: कृपस्य दुर्योधनं प्रति नीत्युपदेशः

Kṛpa’s Counsel to Duryodhana

Devanagari script

गजाश्वरथहीनास्तु पादाताश्चैव मारिष

Transliteration

gajāśvarathahīnāstu pādātāścaiva māriṣa

Translation

សញ្ជ័យបាននិយាយថា៖ «ឱ ព្រះអង្គដ៏គួរគោរព ពួកគេគ្មានដំរី សេះ និងរទេះសង្គ្រាមទេ ហើយត្រូវបានបង្ខំឲ្យប្រយុទ្ធដោយថ្មើរជើង»។

Word by Word

• गजाश्वरथहीनाः: devoid of elephants, horses, and chariots
• गजाश्वरथहीनाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गज + अश्व + रथ + हीन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• पादाताः: foot-soldiers, infantry
• पादाताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पादात
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• एव: only/just/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• मारिष: O noble one! (term of address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मारिष
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• māriṣa (honorific addressee, typically Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• elephants
• horses
• chariots
• foot-soldiers