महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-212, verse-14

भेजिरे पुरुषव्याघ्रा वृष्ण्यन्धकमहारथाः ।
सिंहासनानि शतशो धिष्ण्यानीव हुताशनाः ॥१४॥

14. bhejire puruṣavyāghrā vṛṣṇyandhakamahārathāḥ ,
siṁhāsanāni śataśo dhiṣṇyānīva hutāśanāḥ.

14. bhejire puruṣavyāghrāḥ vṛṣṇyandhakamahārathāḥ
siṃhāsanāni śataśaḥ dhiṣṇyāni iva hutāśanāḥ

14. The foremost among men, the great chariot-warriors of the Vrishni and Andhaka clans, occupied hundreds of thrones, like blazing fires settling upon their altars.

14. ישבו במאות מקומות לוחמי הרכב הדגולים של בני וְרִשְׁנִי ואַנְדְהַקַה, נמרים בין בני אדם, כמו להבות על במות הטקס.

Words meanings summery:

• भेजिरे (bhejire) - they occupied, they resorted to, they took possession of

• पुरुषव्याघ्राः (puruṣavyāghrāḥ) - tiger-like men, foremost of men, best of men

• वृष्ण्यन्धकमहारथाः (vṛṣṇyandhakamahārathāḥ) - great chariot-warriors of the Vrishnis and Andhakas

• सिंहासनानि (siṁhāsanāni) - thrones

• शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds, hundreds of

• धिष्ण्यानि (dhiṣṇyāni) - seats, places, altars

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• हुताशनाः (hutāśanāḥ) - fires, sacrificial fires

Words meanings and morphology

भेजिरे (bhejire) - they occupied, they resorted to, they took possession of

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, perfect (lit) of bhaj

Perfect

Root: bhaj (class 1)

पुरुषव्याघ्राः (puruṣavyāghrāḥ) - tiger-like men, foremost of men, best of men

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of puruṣavyāghra

puruṣavyāghra - man-tiger, foremost of men

Compound type : tatpurusha (puruṣa+vyāghra)

• puruṣa – man, human being, person (puruṣa)
  noun (masculine)
• vyāghra – tiger
  noun (masculine)

वृष्ण्यन्धकमहारथाः (vṛṣṇyandhakamahārathāḥ) - great chariot-warriors of the Vrishnis and Andhakas

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vṛṣṇyandhakamahāratha

vṛṣṇyandhakamahāratha - great chariot-warrior of the Vrishnis and Andhakas

Compound type : dvandva-tatpurusha (vṛṣṇi+andhaka+mahāratha)

• vṛṣṇi – name of an ancient Yadava clan
  proper noun (masculine)
• andhaka – name of an ancient Yadava clan
  proper noun (masculine)
• mahāratha – great chariot-warrior
  noun (masculine)

सिंहासनानि (siṁhāsanāni) - thrones

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of siṃhāsana

siṁhāsana - lion-seat, throne

Compound type : tatpurusha (siṃha+āsana)

• siṃha – lion
  noun (masculine)
• āsana – seat, sitting
  noun (neuter)

शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds, hundreds of

(indeclinable)

धिष्ण्यानि (dhiṣṇyāni) - seats, places, altars

(noun)

neuter, plural of dhiṣṇya

dhiṣṇya - seat, place, altar, sacred fire

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

हुताशनाः (hutāśanāḥ) - fires, sacrificial fires

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hutāśana

hutāśana - fire, sacrificial fire

Compound type : bahuvrihi (huta+aśana)

• huta – offered, sacrificed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: hu (class 3)
• aśana – eating, food
  noun (neuter)

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