Shloka 44

Devanagari script

चतुर्दश सहस्राणि यानि शिष्टानि भारत

Transliteration

caturdaśa sahasrāṇi yāni śiṣṭāni bhārata

Translation

三阇耶说道：“噢，婆罗多啊，那尚存的十四千人……”

Word by Word

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

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

• यानि: which
• यानि: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• शिष्टानि: remaining; left over
• शिष्टानि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिष्ट
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line underscores the stark arithmetic of war—what “remains” after violence is measured in dwindling numbers, reminding the listener of the heavy cost and impermanence of martial success.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya is reporting battlefield developments to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, specifying that a contingent numbering fourteen thousand is what remains (or is left) at this point in the fighting, as part of a larger casualty and troop-accounting description.