महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-151, verse-23

सव्येन च कटीदेशे गृह्य वाससि पाण्डवः ।
तद्रक्षो द्विगुणं चक्रे नदन्तं भैरवान्रवान् ॥२३॥

23. savyena ca kaṭīdeśe gṛhya vāsasi pāṇḍavaḥ ,
tadrakṣo dviguṇaṁ cakre nadantaṁ bhairavānravān.

23. savyena ca kaṭīdeśe gṛhya vāsasi pāṇḍavaḥ tat
rakṣaḥ dviguṇam cakre nadantam bhairavān ravān

23. And the Pandava (Bhima), holding the demon by its waist-region by its garment with his left hand, doubled it over while it was making terrible roars.

23. ובשמאל אחז בבגדו באזור המותניים. כך כופף בן פָּאנְדוּ את אותו שד לשניים, בעוד השד זועק צעקות מבעיתות.

Words meanings summery:

• सव्येन (savyena) - with the left (hand)

• च (ca) - and, also

• कटीदेशे (kaṭīdeśe) - in the waist-region

• गृह्य (gṛhya) - having seized, having held

• वाससि (vāsasi) - by its garment (referring to the demon's clothes) (in the clothes, in the garment)

• पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - Bhima, the Pandava (the Pandava)

• तत् (tat) - that (demon) (that)

• रक्षः (rakṣaḥ) - the demon, the Rākṣasa

• द्विगुणम् (dviguṇam) - doubled (it) up (twofold, double)

• चक्रे (cakre) - made, did, performed

• नदन्तम् (nadantam) - roaring, shouting

• भैरवान् (bhairavān) - terrifying, dreadful

• रवान् (ravān) - roars, sounds

Words meanings and morphology

सव्येन (savyena) - with the left (hand)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of savya

savya - left (side), left hand

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

कटीदेशे (kaṭīdeśe) - in the waist-region

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kaṭīdeśa

kaṭīdeśa - waist-region, hip area

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kaṭī+deśa)

• kaṭī – waist, hip
  noun (feminine)
• deśa – region, place, country
  noun (masculine)

गृह्य (gṛhya) - having seized, having held

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

root grah (to seize) + ya suffix (used when there's no upasarga)

Root: grah (class 9)

वाससि (vāsasi) - by its garment (referring to the demon's clothes) (in the clothes, in the garment)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vāsas

vāsas - garment, cloth, apparel

पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - Bhima, the Pandava (the Pandava)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, a Pandava

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

द्विगुणम् (dviguṇam) - doubled (it) up (twofold, double)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dviguṇa

dviguṇa - twofold, double, multiplied by two

Compound type : dvigu (dvi+guṇa)

• dvi – two
  numeral
• guṇa – quality, strand, multiplier
  noun (masculine)

चक्रे (cakre) - made, did, performed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (lit) of kṛ

Perfect Middle

root kṛ (to do), perfect tense, middle voice, 3rd person singular

Root: kṛ (class 8)

नदन्तम् (nadantam) - roaring, shouting

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nadant

nadant - roaring, shouting (present active participle)

Present Active Participle

root nad (to roar) + Śatṛ (present participle suffix)

Root: nad (class 1)

भैरवान् (bhairavān) - terrifying, dreadful

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhairava

bhairava - terrifying, dreadful, frightful

रवान् (ravān) - roars, sounds

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of rava

rava - roar, sound, cry

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