Shloka 32

भीष्मसेनासंनिवेशः — Bhīṣma’s Mobilization, Omens, and the Kaurava Array

Devanagari script

षष्ट्या रथसहसैस्तु नागानामयुतेन च । पति: सर्वकलिड्रानां ययौ केतुमता सह,कलिंगदेशका राजा श्रुतायुध अपने मित्र केतुमानके साथ साठ हजार रथ और दस हजार हाथियोंको साथ लिये युद्धके लिये चला

Transliteration

ṣaṣṭyā rathasahasrais tu nāgānām ayutena ca | patiḥ sarva-kaliṅgānāṃ yayau ketumatā saha ||

Translation

Санджая сказал: Владыка всех калингов выступил на битву вместе с Кетуматом, ведя с собой шестьдесят тысяч колесниц и десять тысяч боевых слонов.

Word by Word

• षष्ट्या: with sixty (thousand)
• षष्ट्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• रथसहस्रैः: with thousands of chariots
• रथसहस्रैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथसहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

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

• नागानाम्: of elephants
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अयुतेन: with ten thousand
• अयुतेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयुत
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

• पतिः: lord/king
• पतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वकलिङ्गानाम्: of all the Kalingas
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वकलिङ्ग
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• ययौ: went/marched
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

• केतुमता: with Ketumat
• केतुमता: Sahakari
• Type: Adjective
• Root: केतुमत्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kaliṅga (people/realm)
• Kaliṅga ruler (often identified in tradition as Śrutāyudha)
• Ketumat
• chariots
• war-elephants