Shloka 38

Sainyasaṅgraha and Bhāga-Vyavasthā (Forces Assembled and Rival Allocations) | सैन्यसंग्रह-भागव्यवस्था

Devanagari script

सुतेजसो महेष्वासानिन्द्रोडपि सहितो<मरै: । अशक्त: समरे जेतुं कि पुनस्तात पाण्डवा:

Transliteration

Sutejaso maheṣvāsān indro 'pi sahito 'maraiḥ | aśaktaḥ samare jetuṃ ki punaḥ tāta pāṇḍavāḥ ||

Translation

Дурьодхана сказал: «Даже Индра, пусть и в сопровождении богов, не смог бы в бою одолеть этих сияющих, могучих лучников — тем более, отец, не смогут этого Пандавы.»

Word by Word

• {'sutejasaḥ': 'of great splendor/energy

• highly radiant, powerful', 'maheṣvāsān': 'great archers

• those wielding mighty bows', 'indraḥ': 'Indra, king of the gods', 'api': 'even, also', 'sahitaḥ': 'accompanied by, together with', 'amaraiḥ': 'with the immortals (gods)', 'aśaktaḥ': 'unable, not capable', 'samare': 'in battle, in war', 'jetum': 'to conquer, to defeat', 'ki punaḥ': 'how much more/less

• all the more so', 'tāta': 'dear one/son

• an address of affection or familiarity', 'pāṇḍavāḥ': 'the sons of Pāṇḍu

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Duryodhana
• Indra
• Amaras (the gods)
• Pandavas
• Bhishma
• Drona
• Kripa
• Karna
• Jayadratha
• Somadatta
• Ashvatthama