महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-17, verse-1

सूत उवाच ।
अथावरणमुख्यानि नानाप्रहरणानि च ।
प्रगृह्याभ्यद्रवन्देवान्सहिता दैत्यदानवाः ॥१॥

1. sūta uvāca ,
athāvaraṇamukhyāni nānāpraharaṇāni ca ,
pragṛhyābhyadravandevānsahitā daityadānavāḥ.

1. sūtaḥ uvāca atha āvaraṇamukhyāni nānāprāharaṇāni ca
pragṛhya abhyadravan devān sahitāḥ daityadānavāḥ

1. Sūta said: Then, having seized their principal shields and various weapons, the Daityas and Dānavas, united, rushed towards the gods.

1. סוּטַה אמר, אז לקחו הדַיטְיַה והדָאנַוַה יחד את כלי הנשק השונים, ובראשם המגינים, והסתערו על האלים.

Words meanings summery:

• सूतः (sūtaḥ) - Sūta (the narrator) (Sūta (a bard, a charioteer; a speaker in epics))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, spoke)

• अथ (atha) - then (now, then, thereupon)

• आवरणमुख्यानि (āvaraṇamukhyāni) - their main shields (principal coverings/shields)

• नानाप्राहरणानि (nānāprāharaṇāni) - various weapons

• च (ca) - and

• प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - having seized (having seized, having taken)

• अभ्यद्रवन् (abhyadravan) - they rushed towards (they rushed towards, attacked)

• देवान् (devān) - the gods (gods)

• सहिताः (sahitāḥ) - united (as a group) (accompanied, united, together)

• दैत्यदानवाः (daityadānavāḥ) - the Daityas and Dānavas (Daityas and Dānavas)

Words meanings and morphology

सूतः (sūtaḥ) - Sūta (the narrator) (Sūta (a bard, a charioteer; a speaker in epics))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūta

sūta - charioteer, bard, narrator

उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

अथ (atha) - then (now, then, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

आवरणमुख्यानि (āvaraṇamukhyāni) - their main shields (principal coverings/shields)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of āvaraṇamukhya

āvaraṇamukhya - principal coverings/shields

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (āvaraṇa+mukhya)

• āvaraṇa – covering, shield, armor
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  from root vṛ with prefix ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: vṛ (class 5)
• mukhya – chief, principal, main
  adjective

नानाप्राहरणानि (nānāprāharaṇāni) - various weapons

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of nānāprāharaṇa

nānāprāharaṇa - various weapons

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nānā+prāharaṇa)

• nānā – various, diverse
  indeclinable
• prāharaṇa – weapon, implement for striking
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  from root hṛ with prefix pra
  Prefix: pra
  Root: hṛ (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - having seized (having seized, having taken)

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

from root grah with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: grah (class 9)

अभ्यद्रवन् (abhyadravan) - they rushed towards (they rushed towards, attacked)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of abhi-dru

Prefix: abhi

Root: dru (class 1)

देवान् (devān) - the gods (gods)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity

सहिताः (sahitāḥ) - united (as a group) (accompanied, united, together)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sahita

sahita - accompanied, united, joined with

past participle passive

from root sah

Root: sah (class 1)

Note: Agrees with daityadānavāḥ

दैत्यदानवाः (daityadānavāḥ) - the Daityas and Dānavas (Daityas and Dānavas)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of daityadānava

daityadānava - Daityas and Dānavas (classes of demons)

Compound type : dvandva (daitya+dānava)

• daitya – a descendant of Diti, a class of demons
  noun (masculine)
• dānava – a descendant of Danu, a class of demons
  noun (masculine)

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