महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-123, verse-47

द्रोण उवाच ।
शीघ्रं भवन्तः सर्वे वै धनूंष्यादाय सत्वराः ।
भासमेतं समुद्दिश्य तिष्ठन्तां संहितेषवः ॥४७॥

47. droṇa uvāca ,
śīghraṁ bhavantaḥ sarve vai dhanūṁṣyādāya satvarāḥ ,
bhāsametaṁ samuddiśya tiṣṭhantāṁ saṁhiteṣavaḥ.

47. droṇaḥ uvāca | śīghraṃ bhavantaḥ sarve vai dhanūṃṣi ādāya
satvarāḥ | bhāsam etam samudiśya tiṣṭhantām saṃhiteṣavaḥ

47. Droṇa said: All of you, quickly and swiftly, take up your bows. Aim at this hawk and stand ready with your arrows nocked.

47. דְרוֹנַה אמר, מהרו כולכם, קחו את הקשתות ועמדו במהירות כשהחצים מונחים על המיתר ומכוונים אל העיט הזה,

Words meanings summery:

• द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - Drona

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• शीघ्रम् (śīghram) - quickly, swiftly

• भवन्तः (bhavantaḥ) - you (plural, honorific)

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely, verily

• धनूंषि (dhanūṁṣi) - bows

• आदाय (ādāya) - having taken, taking

• सत्वराः (satvarāḥ) - swift, quick, speedy

• भासम् (bhāsam) - hawk, vulture

• एतम् (etam) - this

• समुदिश्य (samudiśya) - having aimed at, pointing towards

• तिष्ठन्ताम् (tiṣṭhantām) - let them stand

• संहितेषवः (saṁhiteṣavaḥ) - with arrows nocked/fitted

Words meanings and morphology

द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - Drona

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of droṇa

droṇa - Droṇa (proper name); a measure of grain

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect 3rd person singular of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

शीघ्रम् (śīghram) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

भवन्तः (bhavantaḥ) - you (plural, honorific)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhavat

bhavat - you (polite form), your honor, being, existing

present active participle

Derived from √bhū (to be, become)

Root: bhū (class 1)

सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

वै (vai) - indeed, surely, verily

(indeclinable)

धनूंषि (dhanūṁṣi) - bows

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of dhanus

dhanus - bow, archer's bow

आदाय (ādāya) - having taken, taking

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from √dā (to give) with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

सत्वराः (satvarāḥ) - swift, quick, speedy

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of satvara

satvara - quick, swift, speedy

From sa- (with) + tvarā (haste)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+tvarā)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• tvarā – haste, speed
  noun (feminine)
  Root: tvar (class 1)

भासम् (bhāsam) - hawk, vulture

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhāsa

bhāsa - hawk, vulture, eagle; light, splendor

एतम् (etam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, that

समुदिश्य (samudiśya) - having aimed at, pointing towards

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from √diś (to point) with prefixes sam- and ud-

Prefixes: sam+ud

Root: diś (class 6)

तिष्ठन्ताम् (tiṣṭhantām) - let them stand

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of sthā

3rd person plural imperative of √sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

संहितेषवः (saṁhiteṣavaḥ) - with arrows nocked/fitted

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṃhiteṣu

saṁhiteṣu - one whose arrows are fixed/nocked

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (saṃhita+iṣu)

• saṃhita – joined, united, fixed, put together, nocked
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from √dhā (to place) with prefix sam-
  Prefix: sam
  Root: dhā (class 3)
• iṣu – arrow
  noun (masculine)

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