Shloka 17

Devanagari script

सेनापतिस्तु समरे प्राह सेनां महारथ:

Transliteration

senāpatistu samare prāha senāṁ mahārathaḥ

Translation

Sañjaya disse: No meio da batalha, o comandante do exército—aquele grande guerreiro de carro—dirigiu-se às tropas, proferindo palavras para orientar as forças na crise da guerra.

Word by Word

• सेनापतिः: the commander (of the army)
• सेनापतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेनापति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• प्राह: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+अह्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सेनाम्: the army
• सेनाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेना
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• महारथः: the great chariot-warrior
• महारथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• senāpati (commander-in-chief)
• senā (army)
• mahāratha (great chariot-warrior)