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5,57

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-57, verse-13

रथो वेदी स्रुवः खड्गो गदा स्रुक्कवचं सदः ।
चातुर्होत्रं च धुर्या मे शरा दर्भा हविर्यशः ॥१३॥
13. ratho vedī sruvaḥ khaḍgo gadā srukkavacaṁ sadaḥ ,
cāturhotraṁ ca dhuryā me śarā darbhā haviryaśaḥ.
13. rathaḥ vedī sruvaḥ khaḍgaḥ gadā sruk kavacam sadaḥ
cāturhotram ca dhuryā me śarā darbhā haviḥ yaśaḥ
13. In this (battle-sacrifice), the chariot is the altar (vedī), the sword (khaḍga) is the ladle (sruva), the mace (gadā) is the offering spoon (sruc), and the armor (kavaca) is the sacrificial hall (sadas). My chief warriors (dhuryā) represent the four priests (cāturhotra), the arrows (śara) are the sacred grass (darbha), and glory (yaśas) is the oblation (havis).

Words meanings summery:

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  • रथः (rathaḥ) - chariot
  • वेदी (vedī) - sacrificial altar (altar)
  • स्रुवः (sruvaḥ) - sacrificial ladle
  • खड्गः (khaḍgaḥ) - sword
  • गदा (gadā) - mace
  • स्रुच् (sruc) - a large wooden ladle for pouring oblations (offering spoon)
  • कवचम् (kavacam) - armor, breastplate
  • सदः (sadaḥ) - sacrificial hall/shed (seat, abode, sacrificial hall)
  • चातुर्होत्रम् (cāturhotram) - the four principal priests (Hotṛ, Adhvaryu, Udgātṛ, Brahman) (the function of the four principal priests, the four principal priests)
  • (ca) - and
  • धुर्या (dhuryā) - chief warriors (implied by context of Duryodhana's speech) (principal, chief, bearing the yoke)
  • मे (me) - my (my, to me, for me)
  • शरा (śarā) - arrows
  • दर्भा (darbhā) - blades of sacred kusha grass used in rituals (sacred grass)
  • हविः (haviḥ) - oblation, offering
  • यशः (yaśaḥ) - glory, fame, honor

Words meanings and morphology

रथः (rathaḥ) - chariot
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of ratha
ratha - chariot, car, vehicle
वेदी (vedī) - sacrificial altar (altar)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of vedī
vedī - altar, sacrificial ground
स्रुवः (sruvaḥ) - sacrificial ladle
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of sruva
sruva - a small ladle used for pouring clarified butter into the sacrificial fire
खड्गः (khaḍgaḥ) - sword
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of khaḍga
khaḍga - sword, scimitar
गदा (gadā) - mace
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of gadā
gadā - mace, club
स्रुच् (sruc) - a large wooden ladle for pouring oblations (offering spoon)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of sruc
sruc - a large wooden ladle or spoon for pouring ghee or other oblations into the sacrificial fire
कवचम् (kavacam) - armor, breastplate
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of kavaca
kavaca - armor, coat of mail, breastplate
सदः (sadaḥ) - sacrificial hall/shed (seat, abode, sacrificial hall)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of sadas
sadas - seat, abode, assembly, sacrificial hall/shed
चातुर्होत्रम् (cāturhotram) - the four principal priests (Hotṛ, Adhvaryu, Udgātṛ, Brahman) (the function of the four principal priests, the four principal priests)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of cāturhotra
cāturhotra - the fourfold priestly function; the four chief priests (Hotṛ, Adhvaryu, Udgātṛ, Brahman)
Derived from caturhotṛ (four priests)
(ca) - and
(indeclinable)
धुर्या (dhuryā) - chief warriors (implied by context of Duryodhana's speech) (principal, chief, bearing the yoke)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of dhurya
dhurya - bearing the yoke, chief, principal, foremost
मे (me) - my (my, to me, for me)
(pronoun)
Genitive, singular of mad
mad - I, me (pronoun)
शरा (śarā) - arrows
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of śara
śara - arrow, reed
दर्भा (darbhā) - blades of sacred kusha grass used in rituals (sacred grass)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of darbha
darbha - sacred grass, Kuśa grass (Poa cynosuroides), used in religious ceremonies
हविः (haviḥ) - oblation, offering
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of havis
havis - an oblation, offering (especially of butter, milk, Soma, etc.)
यशः (yaśaḥ) - glory, fame, honor
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of yaśas
yaśas - glory, fame, honor, renown