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

छिन्धि भिन्धि प्रधावध्वं पातयाभिसरेति च ।
व्यश्रूयन्त महाघोराः शब्दास्तत्र समन्ततः ॥१७॥
17. chindhi bhindhi pradhāvadhvaṁ pātayābhisareti ca ,
vyaśrūyanta mahāghorāḥ śabdāstatra samantataḥ.
17. chindhi bhindhi pradhāvadhvam pātaya abhisara iti
ca vyaśrūyanta mahāghorāḥ śabdāḥ tatra samantataḥ
17. "Cut! Break! Charge! Make them fall! Advance!" — such tremendously fierce shouts were heard there from all directions.

Words meanings summery:

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  • छिन्धि (chindhi) - (you) cut! (cut!)
  • भिन्धि (bhindhi) - (you) break! (break! split!)
  • प्रधावध्वम् (pradhāvadhvam) - (you all) charge! (run forward! charge!)
  • पातय (pātaya) - (you) make them fall! (cause to fall! throw down!)
  • अभिसर (abhisara) - (you) advance! / attack! (approach! attack! advance!)
  • इति (iti) - (marking reported speech) (thus, so)
  • (ca) - and, such as (and)
  • व्यश्रूयन्त (vyaśrūyanta) - (shouts) were heard (they were heard)
  • महाघोराः (mahāghorāḥ) - very dreadful (shouts) (very dreadful, extremely terrifying)
  • शब्दाः (śabdāḥ) - (fierce) shouts (sounds, words, shouts)
  • तत्र (tatra) - there (in the battle) (there, in that place)
  • समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - from all directions (from all sides, all around)

Words meanings and morphology

छिन्धि (chindhi) - (you) cut! (cut!)
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of chid
Root: chid (class 7)
भिन्धि (bhindhi) - (you) break! (break! split!)
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of bhid
Root: bhid (class 7)
प्रधावध्वम् (pradhāvadhvam) - (you all) charge! (run forward! charge!)
(verb)
2nd person , plural, middle, imperative (loṭ) of dhāv
Prefix: pra
Root: dhāv (class 1)
पातय (pātaya) - (you) make them fall! (cause to fall! throw down!)
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of pat
causative
from pat + ṇic (causative) + loṭ (2nd sing.)
Root: pat (class 1)
अभिसर (abhisara) - (you) advance! / attack! (approach! attack! advance!)
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of sṛ
from abhi-sṛ (to go towards, attack)
Prefix: abhi
Root: sṛ (class 1)
इति (iti) - (marking reported speech) (thus, so)
(indeclinable)
(ca) - and, such as (and)
(indeclinable)
व्यश्रूयन्त (vyaśrūyanta) - (shouts) were heard (they were heard)
(verb)
3rd person , plural, passive, past imperfect (laṅ) of śru
from vi-śru, passive form
Prefix: vi
Root: śru (class 5)
महाघोराः (mahāghorāḥ) - very dreadful (shouts) (very dreadful, extremely terrifying)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of mahāghora
mahāghora - very terrible, exceedingly dreadful
Compound: mahā (great/very) + ghora (dreadful)
Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ghora)
  • mahā – great, very
    adjective
  • ghora – dreadful, terrible, fearful
    adjective (masculine)
    Root: ghur
Note: Adjective for śabdāḥ
शब्दाः (śabdāḥ) - (fierce) shouts (sounds, words, shouts)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of śabda
śabda - sound, noise, word
Root: śabd (class 1)
Note: Subject of vyaśrūyanta
तत्र (tatra) - there (in the battle) (there, in that place)
(indeclinable)
समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - from all directions (from all sides, all around)
(indeclinable)
derived with suffix -tas from samanta (all-around)