महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-126, verse-6

स निरीक्ष्य महाबाहुः सर्वतो रङ्गमण्डलम् ।
प्रणामं द्रोणकृपयोर्नात्यादृतमिवाकरोत् ॥६॥

6. sa nirīkṣya mahābāhuḥ sarvato raṅgamaṇḍalam ,
praṇāmaṁ droṇakṛpayornātyādṛtamivākarot.

6. saḥ nirīkṣya mahābāhuḥ sarvataḥ raṅgamaṇḍalam
praṇāmam droṇakṛpayoḥ na atyādṛtam iva akarot

6. That great-armed man, after observing the entire arena from all sides, offered a salutation to Drona and Kripa, but he performed it as if without great reverence.

6. הוא, בעל הזרועות האדירות, הביט בכל מעגל הזירה, והשתחווה לדְרוֹנַה ולקְרְפַּה כמעט בלי כבוד רב.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• निरीक्ष्य (nirīkṣya) - having seen, having observed

• महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - great-armed

• सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - from all sides, everywhere

• रङ्गमण्डलम् (raṅgamaṇḍalam) - arena, stage area

• प्रणामम् (praṇāmam) - obeisance, salutation, bow

• द्रोणकृपयोः (droṇakṛpayoḥ) - to Drona and Kripa

• न (na) - not

• अत्यादृतम् (atyādṛtam) - greatly honored, with great respect

• इव (iva) - as if, like, seemingly

• अकरोत् (akarot) - he did, he made

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Karna.

निरीक्ष्य (nirīkṣya) - having seen, having observed

(indeclinable)

absolutive

root 'īkṣ' with prefix 'nir' + '-ya' suffix

Prefix: nir

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - great-armed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahābāhu

mahābāhu - great-armed, mighty-armed (an epithet for heroes)

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (mahat+bāhu)

• mahat – great, mighty
  adjective
• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies the subject, Karna.

सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - from all sides, everywhere

(indeclinable)

suffix -tas

रङ्गमण्डलम् (raṅgamaṇḍalam) - arena, stage area

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of raṅgamaṇḍala

raṅgamaṇḍala - arena, stage, performance circle

Compound type : Tatpurusha (raṅga+maṇḍala)

• raṅga – stage, arena, performance
  noun (masculine)
• maṇḍala – circle, disc, area, region
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of nirīkṣya.

प्रणामम् (praṇāmam) - obeisance, salutation, bow

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of praṇāma

praṇāma - bow, salutation, reverence

from root 'nam' with prefix 'pra'

Prefix: pra

Root: nam (class 1)

Note: Object of akarot.

द्रोणकृपयोः (droṇakṛpayoḥ) - to Drona and Kripa

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of droṇakṛpa

droṇakṛpa - Drona and Kripa (proper nouns)

Compound type : Dvandva (droṇa+kṛpa)

• droṇa – Drona (name of a teacher)
  proper noun (masculine)
• kṛpa – Kripa (name of a teacher)
  proper noun (masculine)

Note: Genitive dual implies 'to Drona and Kripa' or 'of Drona and Kripa' - here it's an object of respect.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the adjective atyādṛtam.

अत्यादृतम् (atyādṛtam) - greatly honored, with great respect

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of atyādṛta

atyādṛta - greatly honored, respected, highly regarded

Past Passive Participle

root 'dṛ' with 'ati' and 'ā' prefixes + '-ta' suffix

Prefixes: ati+ā

Root: dṛ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies praṇāmam.

इव (iva) - as if, like, seemingly

(indeclinable)

Note: Expresses a simile or approximation.

अकरोत् (akarot) - he did, he made

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: From root kṛ (to do, make), third person singular imperfect.

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