महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-176, verse-9

सोऽन्वेषमाणः कौन्तेयान्पाञ्चाल्यो जनमेजय ।
दृढं धनुरनायम्यं कारयामास भारत ॥९॥

9. so'nveṣamāṇaḥ kaunteyānpāñcālyo janamejaya ,
dṛḍhaṁ dhanuranāyamyaṁ kārayāmāsa bhārata.

9. saḥ anveṣamāṇaḥ kaunteyān pāñcālyaḥ janamejaya
dṛḍham dhanuḥ anāyamyam kārayāmāsa bhārata

9. O Janamejaya (janamejaya), O descendant of Bharata (bhārata), that king of Pañcāla (Pāñcālyaḥ), while searching for the sons of Kuntī (Kaunteya), caused a strong, unbendable bow to be made.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - Referring to the king of Pañcāla (Drupada) (he, that one)

• अन्वेषमाणः (anveṣamāṇaḥ) - searching, seeking, investigating

• कौन्तेयान् (kaunteyān) - Referring to the Pandavas (Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, Arjuna) (the sons of Kuntī (Kaunteya))

• पाञ्चाल्यः (pāñcālyaḥ) - Referring to Drupada (the king of Pañcāla)

• जनमेजय (janamejaya) - A vocative address to King Janamejaya (O Janamejaya)

• दृढम् (dṛḍham) - strong, firm

• धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

• अनायम्यम् (anāyamyam) - unbendable, not to be drawn

• कारयामास (kārayāmāsa) - he caused to be made, he made (causative)

• भारत (bhārata) - A vocative address to King Janamejaya (O descendant of Bharata (bhārata))

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - Referring to the king of Pañcāla (Drupada) (he, that one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अन्वेषमाणः (anveṣamāṇaḥ) - searching, seeking, investigating

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anveṣamāṇa

anveṣamāṇa - searching, seeking, investigating

Present Middle Participle

Formed from root 'iṣ' with prefixes 'anu' and 'sam/ā', often used with 'anu' as 'anveṣ'.

Prefix: anu

Root: iṣ (class 4)

कौन्तेयान् (kaunteyān) - Referring to the Pandavas (Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, Arjuna) (the sons of Kuntī (Kaunteya))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kaunteya

kaunteya - son of Kuntī, a Kaunteya

Derived from 'kuntī' + 'ḍhak' suffix meaning 'descendant of'.

पाञ्चाल्यः (pāñcālyaḥ) - Referring to Drupada (the king of Pañcāla)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāñcālya

pāñcālya - relating to Pañcāla, a king of Pañcāla

Derived from 'pañcāla' + 'ya' suffix.

जनमेजय (janamejaya) - A vocative address to King Janamejaya (O Janamejaya)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of janamejaya

janamejaya - Janamejaya (name of a king, son of Parikṣit)

Compound type : aluk tatpurusha (jana+ejaya)

• jana – people, man
  noun (masculine)
• ejaya – causing to tremble, agitating
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: ej (class 1)

दृढम् (dṛḍham) - strong, firm

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dṛḍha

dṛḍha - strong, firm, hard, solid, fixed

Past Passive Participle

From root 'dṛh' (to be firm, strong).

Root: dṛh

धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dhanus

dhanus - bow (weapon), arc

अनायम्यम् (anāyamyam) - unbendable, not to be drawn

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anāyamya

anāyamya - unbendable, not to be drawn or stretched

Gerundive

Negated form of 'āyamya' (gerundive of root 'yam' with prefix 'ā').

Compound type : Nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+āyamya)

• a – not, un- (negation)
  indeclinable
• āyamya – to be bent, to be stretched
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive
  From root 'yam' with prefix 'ā', and 'ṇyat' suffix.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: yam (class 1)

कारयामास (kārayāmāsa) - he caused to be made, he made (causative)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of kṛ

causative perfect

Causative perfect form of root 'kṛ'.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

भारत (bhārata) - A vocative address to King Janamejaya (O descendant of Bharata (bhārata))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, an Indian, a warrior

Derived from 'bharata' + 'aṇ' suffix.