Shloka 59

Chapter 23: Śakuni Reports, Kaurava Advance, and Arjuna’s Penetration of the Host

Devanagari script

षट्साहसैह्यै: शिष्टेरपायाच्छकुनिस्तत: । प्रजानाथ! शकुनि वहाँ दो घड़ी युद्ध करके शेष बचे हुए छः: हजार घुड़सवारोंके साथ भाग निकला ।। तथैव पाण्डवानीकं रुधिरेण समुक्षितम्‌

Transliteration

ṣaṭsāhasaiḥ śiṣṭair apāyāc chakunis tataḥ | prajānātha! śakuni vahāṁ do ghaṛī yuddha karke śeṣa bace hue ṣaḥ-sahasra ghuḍasavāroṁ ke sātha bhāga nikalā || tathaiva pāṇḍavānīkaṁ rudhireṇa samukṣitam |

Translation

సంజయుడు పలికెను—అప్పుడు శకుని మిగిలిన ఆరు వేల అశ్వారోహులతో అక్కడి నుండి వెనుదిరిగి పారిపోయెను. అలాగే పాండవసేన కూడా రక్తంతో పూర్తిగా తడిసిపోయింది.

Word by Word

• षट्साहसैः: with six-thousands (i.e., six thousand men)
• षट्साहसैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट्साहस
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• हयैः: with horses / horsemen
• हयैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हय
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• शिष्टेः: of the remaining
• शिष्टेः: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिष्ट
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अपायात्: departed / fled away
• अपायात्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप + या
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शकुनिः: Shakuni
• शकुनिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शकुनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ततः: then / from there
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• तथैव: just so / likewise
• तथैव: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा + एव

• पाण्डवानीकम्: the Pandava army
• पाण्डवानीकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव + अनीक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• रुधिरेण: with blood
• रुधिरेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुधिर
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• समुक्षितम्: sprinkled / drenched
• समुक्षितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + उक्ष्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Śakuni
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'prajānātha')
• Pāṇḍava army
• cavalry (horsemen)