Shloka 16

भीष्मभीमसमागमः — Bhīṣma–Bhīma Strategic Engagement and Counsel to the King

Devanagari script

दशाश्वानां सहस्राणि दन्तिनां च तथैव च

Transliteration

daśāśvānāṁ sahasrāṇi dantināṁ ca tathaiva ca

Translation

သဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်– «မြင်းတပ် သောင်းသောင်းချီ၊ ဆင်တပ်လည်း ထိုနည်းတူ»—ဤကဲ့သို့ အရေအတွက်ကို တိတိကျကျ ရေတွက်ဖော်ပြခြင်းသည် စစ်အင်အား၏ မဟာပမာဏကို ထင်ဟပ်စေပြီး၊ အရေအတွက်နှင့် စစ်ပစ္စည်းများ၏ ထူထဲမှုက လာမည့် ပင်ပန်းနာကျင်မှုကြီးနှင့် စစ်၏ သီလအလေးချိန်ကို ကြိုတင်ညွှန်ပြနေသည်။

Word by Word

• दश: ten
• दश: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दश
• Form: —, —, —

• अश्वानाम्: of horses
• अश्वानाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• सहस्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural

• दन्तिनाम्: of elephants (tusked ones)
• दन्तिनाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दन्तिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• तथा: likewise/so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

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

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• horses (aśva)
• elephants (dantin)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how war is driven and measured by vast resources—horses and elephants—inviting reflection on the ethical burden of large-scale violence and the human cost hidden behind numerical strength.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya is reporting battlefield preparations/strength by listing enormous numbers of cavalry and war-elephants, emphasizing the magnitude of the armies involved.