महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-151, verse-21

हीयमानं तु तद्रक्षः समीक्ष्य भरतर्षभ ।
निष्पिष्य भूमौ पाणिभ्यां समाजघ्ने वृकोदरः ॥२१॥

21. hīyamānaṁ tu tadrakṣaḥ samīkṣya bharatarṣabha ,
niṣpiṣya bhūmau pāṇibhyāṁ samājaghne vṛkodaraḥ.

21. hīyamāṇam tu tat rakṣaḥ samīkṣya bharatarṣabha
niṣpiṣya bhūmau pāṇibhyām samājaghne vṛkodaraḥ

21. O best of Bharatas, seeing that demon becoming weaker, Bhima (Vṛkodara) pressed him onto the ground with his hands and struck him.

21. וְרְקוֹדַרַה, כשראה שהרָאקְשַׁסַה נחלש, הו אדם דגול משושלת בְּהַרַטַה, מעך אותו אל הקרקע בשתי ידיו והכה בו.

Words meanings summery:

• हीयमाणम् (hīyamāṇam) - becoming weaker, diminishing

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• तत् (tat) - that (demon) (that)

• रक्षः (rakṣaḥ) - the demon, the Rākṣasa

• समीक्ष्य (samīkṣya) - having seen, having observed

• भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O Dhritarashtra (common address in Mahabharata) (O best of Bharatas)

• निष्पिष्य (niṣpiṣya) - having crushed, having pressed down

• भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

• पाणिभ्याम् (pāṇibhyām) - with two hands

• समाजघ्ने (samājaghne) - struck, killed, assailed

• वृकोदरः (vṛkodaraḥ) - Bhima (Vṛkodara (Bhima's epithet))

Words meanings and morphology

हीयमाणम् (hīyamāṇam) - becoming weaker, diminishing

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hīyamāṇa

hīyamāṇa - becoming weaker, diminishing, wasting away

Present Passive Participle

root hā (to abandon, to diminish) + ya (passive suffix) + māna (present participle suffix)

Root: hā (class 3)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that (demon) (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

रक्षः (rakṣaḥ) - the demon, the Rākṣasa

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rakṣas

rakṣas - demon, Rākṣasa

समीक्ष्य (samīkṣya) - having seen, having observed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

root īkṣ (to see) with upasarga sam, + ya suffix

Prefix: sam

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O Dhritarashtra (common address in Mahabharata) (O best of Bharatas)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatarṣabha

bharatarṣabha - bull among Bharatas, best of Bharatas

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bharata+ṛṣabha)

• bharata – descendant of Bharata (name of a king), an ancient king
  proper noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, best, chief
  noun (masculine)

निष्पिष्य (niṣpiṣya) - having crushed, having pressed down

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

root piṣ (to crush) with upasarga niṣ, + ya suffix

Prefix: niṣ

Root: piṣ (class 7)

भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land

पाणिभ्याम् (pāṇibhyām) - with two hands

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, dual of pāṇi

pāṇi - hand

समाजघ्ने (samājaghne) - struck, killed, assailed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (lit) of sam-ā-han

Perfect Middle

root han (to strike, to kill) with upasargas sam and ā, perfect tense, middle voice, 3rd person singular

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: han (class 2)

वृकोदरः (vṛkodaraḥ) - Bhima (Vṛkodara (Bhima's epithet))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛkodara

vṛkodara - wolf-bellied (epithet of Bhima), having a voracious appetite

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vṛka+udara)

• vṛka – wolf
  noun (masculine)
• udara – belly, stomach
  noun (neuter)

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