Shloka 996

गौरुडव्यूह-रचना तथा अर्धचन्द्र-प्रत्यव्यूह

Garuḍa Array and the Ardhacandra Counter-Formation

Devanagari script

सहितास्त्वभ्यवर्तन्त परीप्सन्तो महारथा: । रथियोंमें श्रेष्ठ श्वेतको रथहीन और पैदल देख उसकी रक्षा करनेके लिये एक साथ बहुत-से महारथी दौड़े आये

Transliteration

sahitās tv abhyavartanta parīpsanto mahārathāḥ |

Translation

सञ्जय उवाच— सहिताः परीप्सन्तो महारथाः समभ्यवर्तन्त। रथिनां श्रेष्ठं श्वेतं रथहीनं पदातिं दृष्ट्वा तस्य रक्षणार्थं बहवो महारथाः सहसा समधावन्॥

Word by Word

• सहिताः: together, united
• सहिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (सह + इ/इण्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• अभ्यवर्तन्त: they rushed towards / advanced
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत् (वर्तते)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• परीप्सन्तः: wishing to protect / desiring to save
• परीप्सन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: परीप्स् (desiderative of आप्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Present participle (Parasmaipada)

• महारथाः: great chariot-warriors
• महारथाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Śveta
• mahārathāḥ (great chariot-warriors)
• ratha (chariot)