Shloka 18

धृतराष्ट्रविलापः — Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Lament and Inquiry (Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 2)

Devanagari script

म्लेच्छाक्ष शतसाहसत्रा: शकाश्न यवनै: सह । सुदक्षिणश्न काम्बोजस्त्रिगर्ताधिपतिस्तथा

Transliteration

mlecchākṣaśatasāhastrāḥ śakāś ca yavanaiḥ saha | sudakṣiṇaś ca kāmbojas trigartādhipatis tathā ||

Translation

Wika ni Dhṛtarāṣṭra: “May daan-daang libong Mleccha; at ang mga Śaka kasama ng mga Yavana; naroon din ang mga Kāmboja sa katimugan, at gayundin ang panginoon ng mga Trigarta.”

Word by Word

• म्लेच्छाः: Mlecchas (foreign/unclean tribes)
• म्लेच्छाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: म्लेच्छ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शतसाहस्राः: numbering a hundred thousand
• शतसाहस्राः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शतसाहस्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शकाः: the Sakas (Scythians)
• शकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• यवनैः: with/by the Yavanas (Greeks/Ionians)
• यवनैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यवन
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

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

• सुदक्षिणः: Sudakṣiṇa (proper name)
• सुदक्षिणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुदक्षिण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• काम्बोजः: the Kāmboja (king/people)
• काम्बोजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम्बोज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्रिगर्ताधिपतिः: the lord of the Trigartas
• त्रिगर्ताधिपतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिगर्ताधिपति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: likewise/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

धघतयाट्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Mlecchas
• Śakas
• Yavanas
• Kāmbojas
• Trigarta (people/region)
• Trigartādhipati (ruler of Trigarta)