Shloka 5

उत्तरो बृहन्नडां सारथ्याय नियुङ्क्ते — Uttara Appoints Bṛhannadā as Charioteer

Devanagari script

षष्टिं गवां सहस्राणि कुरव: कालयन्ति च । महता रथवंशेन परिवार्य समन्तत:,वे कौरव वीर राजा विराटकी साठ हजार गौओंको विशाल रथसमूहोंद्वारा चारों ओरसे घेरकर हाँक ले चले

Transliteration

ṣaṣṭiṁ gavāṁ sahasrāṇi kuravaḥ kālayanti ca | mahatā rathavaṁśena parivārya samantataḥ ||

Translation

ဝိုင်သမ္ပာယနက ပြောသည်– ကုရုတို့သည် နွားခြောက်သောင်းကို မောင်းနှင်ယူသွားကြပြီး၊ ရထားတပ်အစုကြီးဖြင့် အရပ်လေးမျက်နှာမှ ဝိုင်းရံထားကြသည်။

Word by Word

• षष्टिम्: sixty
• षष्टिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गवाम्: of cows
• गवाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

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

• कुरवः: the Kurus
• कुरवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कालयन्ति: drive (along), herd
• Type: Verb
• Root: कल् (चुरादि) / काल् (प्रेरणे) (causative)
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

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

• महता: with a great
• महता: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• रथवंशेन: with a line/array of chariots
• रथवंशेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथवंश
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• परिवार्य: having surrounded
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + वृ (वरणे)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Active (sense)

• समन्ततः: on all sides
• समन्ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः

Speaker

वैशमग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Kuravaḥ (Kauravas)
• cattle (gavām)