Shloka 16

भीष्मभीमसमागमः — Bhīṣma–Bhīma Strategic Engagement and Counsel to the King

Devanagari script

दशाश्वानां सहस्राणि दन्तिनां च तथैव च

Transliteration

daśāśvānāṁ sahasrāṇi dantināṁ ca tathaiva ca

Translation

桑阇耶说道：“数以万计的战马，象军亦复如是。”——这冷峻的点数凸显了集结之军的浩大规模；单凭人数与军械，便已预示将临的广阔苦难与战争所负的道德重压。

Word by Word

• दश: ten
• दश: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दश
• Form: —, —, —

• अश्वानाम्: of horses
• अश्वानाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• सहस्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural

• दन्तिनाम्: of elephants (tusked ones)
• दन्तिनाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दन्तिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

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

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• horses (aśva)
• elephants (dantin)