Shloka 22

द्वैपायनह्रदे दुर्योधनान्वेषणम् / The Search for Duryodhana at Dvaipāyana Lake

Devanagari script

संजय उवाच रथानां द्वे सहस्रे तु सप्त नागशतानि च,संजयने कहा--राजन्‌! पाण्डवोंकी विशाल सेनामें-से केवल दो हजार रथ, सात सौ हाथी, पाँच हजार घोड़े और दस हजार पैदल बच गये थे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | rathānāṃ dve sahasre tu sapta nāgaśatāni ca |

Translation

善迦耶说道：“大王啊，在般度五子那浩大的军中，只剩下两千乘战车与七百头战象。”

Word by Word

• संजयः: Sanjaya
• संजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• रथानाम्: of chariots
• रथानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• द्वे: two
• द्वे: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative/Accusative, Dual

• सहस्रे: thousands
• सहस्रे: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Dual

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

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त
• Form: Neuter (indeclinable numeral used adjectivally), Nominative/Accusative, Plural (sense)

• नागशतानि: hundreds of elephants
• नागशतानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नागशत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Rājan (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• Pāṇḍavas
• chariots
• elephants

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when a cause is pursued under kṣatriya-duty, war yields disproportionate suffering; the epic highlights the ethical gravity of violence by recording the stark reduction of forces.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra the remaining strength of the Pāṇḍava forces, listing surviving numbers of key military units (chariots and elephants), emphasizing how depleted the army has become.