Shloka 7

Daiva–Puruṣakāra Discourse and the Elephant-Corps Engagement (भीमगजानीक-सम्भ्रान्ति)

Devanagari script

रथैरनेकसाहस्रै: कलिड्रानां नराधिप । अयुतेन गजानां च निषादै: सह केतुमान्‌

Transliteration

rathair aneka-sāhasraiḥ kaliṅgānāṁ narādhipa | ayutena gajānāṁ ca niṣādaiḥ saha ketumān ||

Translation

सञ्जय उवाच—नराधिप, कलिङ्गानां रथैरनेकसाहस्रैः केतुमान् प्रावर्तत; अयुतेन गजानां च निषादैः सह स केतुमान्।

Word by Word

• रथैः: with chariots
• रथैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अनेकसाहस्रैः: with many thousands (of)
• अनेकसाहस्रैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेकसाहस्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• कलिड्राणाम्: of the Kalidras (a people/tribe)
• कलिड्राणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलिड्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• नराधिप: O king (lord of men)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराधिप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

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

• गजानाम्: of elephants
• गजानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गज
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• निषादैः: with Niṣādas (a people/tribe)
• निषादैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: निषाद
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

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

• केतुमान्: Ketumān (the bannered one; proper name)
• केतुमान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: केतुमत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Narādhipa (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• Ketumān
• Kaliṅgas
• Niṣādas
• Chariots
• Elephants