Shloka 18

भीमसेनस्य बहुमहारथसंयुगः

Bhīmasena’s Engagement with Multiple Mahārathas

Devanagari script

चेदिकाशिकरूषाणां सहस््राणि चतुर्दश

Transliteration

cedikāśikarūṣāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi caturdaśa

Translation

三阇耶说道：“（有）属于支提、迦尸与迦卢沙的战士一万四千。”

Word by Word

• चेदि: of the Cedis
• चेदि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेदि
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• काशि: of the Kāśis
• काशि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काशि
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• करूषाणाम्: of the Karūṣas
• करूषाणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: करूष
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• सहस्राणि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• चतुर्दश: fourteen
• चतुर्दश: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्दश
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Cedi (people/kingdom)
• Kāśi (people/kingdom)
• Karūṣa (people/kingdom)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse itself is primarily descriptive, but it supports the epic’s ethical frame by emphasizing the vast scale of collective kṣatriya participation and the weight of responsibility in war—numbers are not mere statistics but a reminder of the human cost and the seriousness of dharma in conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya is reporting troop details, listing the contingent size associated with the Cedi, Kāśi, and Karūṣa groups as fourteen thousand, as part of a broader enumeration of forces in the Kurukṣetra war context.