Shloka 49

कर्णनिधनश्रवणम् — Hearing of Karṇa’s Fall and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Lament

Devanagari script

पत्तीनां निहता: संघा हयानां प्रयुतानि च । रथव्रजाश्न निहता हताश्न वरवारणा:

Transliteration

pattīnāṁ nihatāḥ saṅghā hayānāṁ prayutāni ca | rathavrajaś ca nihatā hatāś ca varavāraṇāḥ ||

Translation

सञ्जय उवाच—पत्तीनां निहताः सङ्घा हयानां प्रयुतानि च। रथव्रजाश्च निहता हताश्च वरवारणाः॥

Word by Word

• पत्तीनाम्: of the foot-soldiers
• पत्तीनाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्ति
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• निहताः: slain
• निहताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि-हन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)

• संघाः: masses/hosts
• संघाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संघ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• हयानाम्: of horses
• हयानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• प्रयुतानि: tens of thousands (myriads)
• प्रयुतानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयुत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

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

• रथव्रजाः: troops/columns of chariots
• रथव्रजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथव्रज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• निहताः: slain
• निहताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि-हन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)

• हताः: killed
• हताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)

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

• वरवारणाः: excellent elephants (great tuskers)
• वरवारणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरवारण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• infantry (pattī)
• horses (haya)
• chariots (ratha)
• war-elephants (vāraṇa)