Shloka 60

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

Devanagari script

परिस्तोमाशक्ष प्रासाक्ष ऋष्टयश्षु महाधना: । कवचान्यथ चर्माणि चित्राण्यास्तरणानि च

Transliteration

paristomāś ca prāsāś ca ṛṣṭayaś ca mahādhanāḥ | kavacāni atha carmāṇi citrāṇy āstaraṇāni ca ||

Translation

وہاں پرِستوم (گُرز) اور پراس، اور نہایت قیمتی رِشٹیاں؛ زرہیں، ڈھالیں اور طرح طرح کے نقش و نگار والے غلاف و پوشاکیں بھی تھیں۔

Word by Word

• परिस्तोमाः: coverings/cloths (spreads)
• परिस्तोमाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिस्तोम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अश्वाः: horses
• अश्वाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रासाः: spears
• प्रासाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ऋष्टयः: lances/pikes
• ऋष्टयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

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

• महाधनाः: very wealthy (men)
• महाधनाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाधन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कवचानि: armours
• कवचानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कवच
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• अथ: then/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• चर्माणि: leathers/hides (shields)
• चर्माणि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• चित्राणि: variegated/ornate
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चित्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• आस्तरणानि: coverlets/spreads
• आस्तरणानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आस्तरण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

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

Speaker

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Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• paristoma (mace/club)
• prāsa (spear)
• ṛṣṭi (lance/pike)
• kavaca (armour)
• carma (shield)
• āstaraṇa (coverings/trappings)