Shloka 13

सेनासमागमः — The Convergence of Armies

Devanagari script

इतश्रेतश्न पाण्डूनां समाजम्मुर्महात्मनाम्‌ । अक्षौहिण्यस्तु सप्तैता विविधध्वजसंकुला:

Transliteration

itaś cetaḥ pāṇḍūnāṃ samājaṃ mumur mahātmanām | akṣauhiṇyas tu sapta etā vividhadhvaja-saṅkulāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana berkata: Lalu apabila ditinjau perhimpunan para Pāṇḍava yang berjiwa agung itu, tampak tujuh akṣauhiṇī bala tentera, padat dengan pelbagai jenis panji-panji.

Word by Word

• itaḥ: from here / on this side
• itaḥ: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: itaḥ

• śvetaśca: and Śveta (the white one; proper name)
• śvetaśca: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śveta
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• pāṇḍūnām: of the Pāṇḍus
• pāṇḍūnām: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāṇḍu
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• samājam: assembly / gathering
• samājam: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: samāja
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• mumuhuḥ: were bewildered / became confused
• mumuhuḥ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: muh
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural

• mahātmanām: of the great-souled (heroes)
• mahātmanām: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahātman
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• akṣauhiṇyaḥ: armies (akṣauhiṇīs)
• akṣauhiṇyaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: akṣauhiṇī
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

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

• sapta: seven
• sapta: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• etāḥ: these
• etāḥ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: etad
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• vividha-dhvaja-saṅkulāḥ: crowded with various banners
• vividha-dhvaja-saṅkulāḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vividha + dhvaja + saṅkula
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशमग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Pāṇḍavas
• akṣauhiṇī (army unit)
• dhvaja (banners/standards)