Shloka 18
Bhagadattā’s Deployment Against Ghaṭotkaca; Elephant-Corps Escalation
Devanagari script
आदित्यकेतु: सप्तत्या बह्ॉलाशी चापि पञ्चभि: | नवत्या कुण्डधारश्न विशालाक्षश्न पञ्चभि:
Translation
မဟာရာဇာ၊ အာဒိတျကေတုသည် မြား ခုနှစ်ဆယ်စင်း၊ ဘဟ္နာသီသည် ငါးစင်း၊ ကုဏ္ဍဓာရသည် ကိုးဆယ်စင်း၊ ဝိသာလာက္ခသည် ငါးစင်း ပစ်လွှတ်၍၊ ထို့ပြင် အပရာဇိတလည်း မဟာရထီ မဟာဗလ ဘီမစေနကို အနိုင်ယူလိုသဖြင့် မြားအများအပြားဖြင့် ထိုးနှက်ကာ နာကျင်စေ하였다။
Word by Word
आदित्यकेतुःAdityaketu (a warrior)
आदित्यकेतुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआदित्यकेतु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सप्तत्याwith seventy (arrows)
सप्तत्या:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसप्तति
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
बह्वाशीBahvāśī (a warrior; lit. 'having many horses')
बह्वाशी:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootबह्वाशी
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
अपिalso
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
पञ्चभिःwith five (arrows)
पञ्चभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपञ्च
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
नवत्याwith ninety (arrows)
नवत्या:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootनवति
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
कुण्डधारःKuṇḍadhāra (a warrior)
कुण्डधारः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकुण्डधार
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
विशालाक्षःViśālākṣa (a warrior; lit. 'large-eyed')
विशालाक्षः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविशालाक्ष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पञ्चभिःwith five (arrows)
पञ्चभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपञ्च
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
महाराजO great king
महाराज:
TypeNoun
Rootमहाराज
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes