Shloka 29
Devanagari script
स चेदिकाशिपाज्चालान् करूषान् मत्स्यकेकयान्
Transliteration
sa cedikāśipāñcālān karūṣān matsyakekayān
Translation
ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಅವನು ಚೇದಿ, ಕಾಶಿ, ಪಾಂಚಾಲ, ಕರೂಷ, ಮತ್ಸ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ಕೇಕಯರನ್ನು (ಸವಾಲು ಹಾಕಿ/ಸಂಯೋಜಿಸಿ/ಪ್ರಹರಿಸಿ) ಎದುರಿಸಿದನು।
Word by Word
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
चेत्if
चेत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचेत्
चेदिकाशिपाञ्चालान्the Cedis, Kāśis, and Pāñcālas
चेदिकाशिपाञ्चालान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootचेदि + काशि + पाञ्चाल
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
करूषान्the Karūṣas
करूषान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकरूष
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
मत्स्यकेकयान्the Matsyas and Kekayas
मत्स्यकेकयान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमत्स्य + केकय
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaC
Cedi (Cedis)K
Kāśi (Kāśis)P
Pañcāla (Pāñcālas)K
Karūṣa (Karūṣas)M
Matsya (Matsyas)K
Kekaya (Kekayas)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the expansive reach of war: entire peoples and kingdoms become entangled through dharma-bound obligations, alliances, and royal decisions. It implicitly invites reflection on the ethical cost of conflict when collective identities are mobilized for battle.
Sañjaya is listing groups of warriors/kingdoms present in the fighting. The line serves as a catalogue of combatants—Cedis, Kāśis, Pāñcālas, Karūṣas, Matsyas, and Kekayas—indicating the breadth of forces engaged at this point in the Karṇa Parva battle description.