महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-151, verse-22

ततोऽस्य जानुना पृष्ठमवपीड्य बलादिव ।
बाहुना परिजग्राह दक्षिणेन शिरोधराम् ॥२२॥

22. tato'sya jānunā pṛṣṭhamavapīḍya balādiva ,
bāhunā parijagrāha dakṣiṇena śirodharām.

22. tataḥ asya jānunā pṛṣṭam avapīḍya balāt
iva bāhunā parijagrāha dakṣiṇena śirodharām

22. Then, pressing down on its back with his knee as if with great force, he grasped its neck with his right arm.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

• अस्य (asya) - of the demon (of him, of it)

• जानुना (jānunā) - with the knee

• पृष्टम् (pṛṣṭam) - back, surface

• अवपीड्य (avapīḍya) - having pressed down, having crushed

• बलात् (balāt) - by force, forcibly

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• बाहुना (bāhunā) - with the arm

• परिजग्राह (parijagrāha) - grasped, seized, embraced

• दक्षिणेन (dakṣiṇena) - by the right, with the right

• शिरोधराम् (śirodharām) - the neck, the nape

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - of the demon (of him, of it)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

जानुना (jānunā) - with the knee

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of jānu

jānu - knee

पृष्टम् (pṛṣṭam) - back, surface

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pṛṣṭa

pṛṣṭa - back, surface, top

अवपीड्य (avapīḍya) - having pressed down, having crushed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

root pīḍ (to torment, press) with upasarga ava, + ya suffix

Prefix: ava

Root: pīḍ (class 10)

बलात् (balāt) - by force, forcibly

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - force, strength, power

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

बाहुना (bāhunā) - with the arm

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bāhu

bāhu - arm

परिजग्राह (parijagrāha) - grasped, seized, embraced

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of pari-grah

Perfect Active

root grah (to seize) with upasarga pari, perfect tense, active voice, 3rd person singular

Prefix: pari

Root: grah (class 9)

दक्षिणेन (dakṣiṇena) - by the right, with the right

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of dakṣiṇa

dakṣiṇa - right (side), southern, skilled, clever

शिरोधराम् (śirodharām) - the neck, the nape

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śirodharā

śirodharā - neck, nape of the neck (literally 'head-bearer')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śiras+dharā)

• śiras – head
  noun (neuter)
• dharā – bearer, support, earth
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root dhṛ (to hold, bear)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)