Shloka 15

Adhyāya 195 — Arjuna’s Capability and Restraint Regarding Divyāstras

Udyoga Parva

Devanagari script

दश चाश्वसहस्राणि द्विसहस्राणि दन्तिनाम्‌ । अयुतं च पदातीनां रथा: पठचशतं तथा

Transliteration

daśa cāśvasahasrāṇi dvisahasrāṇi dantinām | ayutaṃ ca padātīnāṃ rathāḥ pañcaśataṃ tathā ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说道：“有马一万匹，象二千头，步兵一万名，战车亦有五百乘。”

Word by Word

• दश: ten
• दश: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशन्
• Form: neuter, nominative, plural

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

• अश्वसहस्राणि: thousands of horses
• अश्वसहस्राणि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वसहस्र
• Form: neuter, nominative, plural

• द्विसहस्राणि: two thousands
• द्विसहस्राणि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विसहस्र
• Form: neuter, nominative, plural

• दन्तिनाम्: of elephants
• Type: Noun
• Root: दन्तिन्
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• अयुतम्: ten thousand
• अयुतम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयुत
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

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

• पदातीनाम्: of foot-soldiers
• Type: Noun
• Root: पदाति
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• रथाः: chariots
• रथाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• पञ्चशतम्: five hundred
• पञ्चशतम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चशत
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• horses
• elephants
• infantry
• chariots

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how war is often approached through quantifiable strength—troop counts and equipment—inviting reflection on the contrast between material power and the ethical demands of dharma that should restrain violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports a numerical description of forces—horses, elephants, infantry, and chariots—within the Udyoga Parva context of mobilization and preparation leading toward the Kurukṣetra war.