महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-1, chapter-204, verse-19
तौ गदाभिहतौ भीमौ पेततुर्धरणीतले ।
रुधिरेणावलिप्ताङ्गौ द्वाविवार्कौ नभश्च्युतौ ॥१९॥
रुधिरेणावलिप्ताङ्गौ द्वाविवार्कौ नभश्च्युतौ ॥१९॥
19. tau gadābhihatau bhīmau petaturdharaṇītale ,
rudhireṇāvaliptāṅgau dvāvivārkau nabhaścyutau.
rudhireṇāvaliptāṅgau dvāvivārkau nabhaścyutau.
19.
tau gadābhihatau bhīmau petatuḥ dharaṇītale
rudhireṇa avaliptāṅgau dvau iva arkau nabhaḥ cyutau
rudhireṇa avaliptāṅgau dvau iva arkau nabhaḥ cyutau
19.
Struck by the maces, those two terrifying figures fell to the ground, their bodies smeared with blood, like two suns fallen from the sky.
Words meanings summery:
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- तौ (tau) - the two combatants (those two (masculine))
- गदाभिहतौ (gadābhihatau) - struck by maces
- भीमौ (bhīmau) - describing the two combatants themselves (fearsome, terrible, formidable)
- पेततुः (petatuḥ) - they fell, they dropped
- धरणीतले (dharaṇītale) - on the surface of the earth, on the ground
- रुधिरेण (rudhireṇa) - by blood, with blood
- अवलिप्ताङ्गौ (avaliptāṅgau) - having limbs smeared with blood (having limbs smeared (with something))
- द्वौ (dvau) - two (masculine)
- इव (iva) - like, as, as if
- अर्कौ (arkau) - suns
- नभः (nabhaḥ) - sky, atmosphere, heaven
- च्युतौ (cyutau) - fallen from the sky (fallen, dropped, deviated)
Words meanings and morphology
तौ (tau) - the two combatants (those two (masculine))
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, dual of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
गदाभिहतौ (gadābhihatau) - struck by maces
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, dual of gadābhihata
gadābhihata - struck by maces
Compound type : instrumental tatpurusha (gadā+abhihata)
- gadā – mace, club
noun (feminine) - abhihata – struck, hit, beaten
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
from root han with prefix abhi
Prefix: abhi
Root: han (class 2)
भीमौ (bhīmau) - describing the two combatants themselves (fearsome, terrible, formidable)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, dual of bhīma
bhīma - terrible, formidable, frightful, awesome
Root: bhī (class 3)
पेततुः (petatuḥ) - they fell, they dropped
(verb)
3rd person , dual, active, past perfect (lit) of pat
Root: pat (class 1)
धरणीतले (dharaṇītale) - on the surface of the earth, on the ground
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of dharaṇītala
dharaṇītala - surface of the earth, ground
Compound type : tatpurusha (dharaṇī+tala)
- dharaṇī – earth, ground
noun (feminine)
Root: dhṛ (class 1) - tala – surface, plane, ground
noun (neuter)
रुधिरेण (rudhireṇa) - by blood, with blood
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of rudhira
rudhira - blood, red
Root: rudh (class 7)
अवलिप्ताङ्गौ (avaliptāṅgau) - having limbs smeared with blood (having limbs smeared (with something))
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, dual of avaliptāṅga
avaliptāṅga - whose limbs are smeared
Compound type : bahuvrihi (avalipta+aṅga)
- avalipta – smeared, anointed, covered
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
from root lip with prefix ava
Prefix: ava
Root: lip (class 6) - aṅga – limb, body, part
noun (neuter)
द्वौ (dvau) - two (masculine)
(numeral)
इव (iva) - like, as, as if
(indeclinable)
अर्कौ (arkau) - suns
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, dual of arka
arka - sun, ray, praise, hymn
नभः (nabhaḥ) - sky, atmosphere, heaven
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of nabhas
nabhas - sky, atmosphere, cloud, heaven
Note: Used as the first part of a compound.
च्युतौ (cyutau) - fallen from the sky (fallen, dropped, deviated)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, dual of cyuta
cyuta - fallen, dropped, deviated, moved
Past Passive Participle
from root cyu
Root: cyu (class 1)