Shloka 40
शकुनेः पुत्रेण सह आश्वमेधाश्वविषयः संघर्षः — Arjuna’s restrained engagement with Śakuni’s son during the horse-escort
Devanagari script
तत्र जातिसहस्राणि पुरुषाणां ततस्तत:
Transliteration
tatra jātisahasrāṇi puruṣāṇāṃ tatastataḥ
Translation
就在那处地方，聚集着成千上万种不同类别与群落的人们，从四面八方以种种方式出现——宛如一幅图景，将人世境遇的浩瀚多样汇入这部史诗叙事的展开之中。
Word by Word
तत्रthere; in that place
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
Formindeclinable (locative adverb)
जाति-सहस्राणिthousands of kinds/classes
जाति-सहस्राणि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजाति + सहस्र
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, plural
पुरुषाणाम्of men/persons
पुरुषाणाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुष
Formmasculine, genitive, plural
ततःfrom there; thereafter
ततः:
Apadana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
Formindeclinable (ablative adverb)
तत:from there; thence
तत::
Apadana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
Formindeclinable (ablative adverb; visarga optionally written as :)
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
Vaiśampāyana (speaker)P
puruṣāḥ (people/men)Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The line highlights the multiplicity of human types and conditions, suggesting that large royal or sacred events draw together people of many backgrounds; ethically, it invites awareness of social diversity within a shared moral and political order.
Vaiśampāyana describes a scene where numerous groups of people—countless kinds of men—are present or arriving from different directions, emphasizing the scale and variety of the gathering in the Ashvamedhika context.