Shloka 33

Yuddha-yajña-vyākhyāna (The Battle as Sacrifice): Ambarīṣa–Indra Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

अश्वनागरथैश्वैव संच्छिन्नै: कृतसंक्रमा । पताकाध्वजवानीरा हतवारणवाहिनी

Transliteration

aśvanāgarathaiś caiva saṃchinnaiḥ kṛtasaṅkramā | patākādhvajavānīrā hatavāraṇavāhinī ||

Translation

Ambarīṣa berkata: “Dengan kuda, gajah dan kereta perang yang dihancurkan serta ditebas jatuh, susunan lintasan dan gerak maju tentera pun terputus. Panji-panji dan lambang-lambang berkecai dalam kekacauan, dan pasukan gajah telah dimusnahkan.”

Word by Word

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

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

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

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

• संच्छिन्नैः: cut down, severed
• संच्छिन्नैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + छिद्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• कृतसंक्रमा: whose passages/approaches are made (i.e., having made a way/ford)
• कृतसंक्रमा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत-संक्रम
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• पताका: banners
• Type: Noun
• Root: पताका
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• ध्वज: standards
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्वज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वानीरा: spears/javelins (lit. reed-spears)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वानीर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• हत: slain, destroyed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• वारणवाहिनी: the elephant-corps/elephant-army
• वारणवाहिनी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारण-वाहिनी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

अम्बरीष उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ambarīṣa
• horses (aśva)
• elephants (nāga/vāraṇa)
• chariots (ratha)
• banners (patākā)
• standards (dhvaja)
• army/host (vāhinī)