Shloka 16

Sainyavinyāsa–Lakṣaṇa (Disposition of Armies and Battlefield Omens) | सैन्यविन्यास–लक्षणम्

Devanagari script

साग्रं शतसहस््रं तु नागानां तव भारत । नागे नागे रथशतं शतमश्चा रथे रथे,भारत! आपकी सेनामें एक लाखसे अधिक हाथी थे। एक-एक हाथीके साथ सौ-सौ रथ थे और एक-एक रथके साथ सौ-सौ घोड़े थे

Transliteration

sāgraṁ śatasahasraṁ tu nāgānāṁ tava bhārata | nāge nāge rathaśataṁ śatamaś ca rathe rathe ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：“婆罗多啊，你军中象兵略逾十万；每一头战象配有百乘战车，每一乘战车又配有百匹战马。”

Word by Word

• साग्रम्: with an excess; more than (by a fraction)
• साग्रम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साग्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शतसहस्रम्: a hundred thousand (one lakh)
• शतसहस्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतसहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• नागानाम्: of elephants
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• तव: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नागे: on/with (each) elephant
• नागे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• नागे: on/with (each) elephant
• नागे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• रथशतम्: a hundred chariots
• रथशतम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथशत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• रथे: on/with (each) chariot
• रथे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• रथे: on/with (each) chariot
• रथे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra as addressee)
• nāga (elephants)
• ratha (chariots)
• aśva (horses)