महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-212, verse-18

सूतानुच्चुक्रुशुः केचिद्रथान्योजयतेति च ।
स्वयं च तुरगान्केचिन्निन्युर्हेमविभूषितान् ॥१८॥

18. sūtānuccukruśuḥ kecidrathānyojayateti ca ,
svayaṁ ca turagānkecinninyurhemavibhūṣitān.

18. sūtān uccukruśuḥ kecit rathān yojayata iti ca
svayam ca turagān kecit ninyuḥ hemavibhūṣitān

18. Some people shouted to the charioteers, saying, "Harness the chariots!" And others themselves led away the horses adorned with gold.

Words meanings summery:

• सूतान् (sūtān) - charioteers

• उच्चुक्रुशुः (uccukruśuḥ) - cried out, shouted

• केचित् (kecit) - some, certain ones

• रथान् (rathān) - chariots

• योजयत (yojayata) - harness, join, prepare

• इति (iti) - thus, so, to this effect

• च (ca) - and, also

• स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by oneself, personally

• च (ca) - and, also

• तुरगान् (turagān) - horses

• केचित् (kecit) - some, certain ones

• निन्युः (ninyuḥ) - led, carried

• हेमविभूषितान् (hemavibhūṣitān) - adorned with gold, decorated with gold

Words meanings and morphology

सूतान् (sūtān) - charioteers

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sūta

sūta - charioteer, bard, herald, born of a Kshatriya father and a Brahmana mother (a mixed caste)

From √sū (to impel, to drive).

Root: √sū (class 2)

उच्चुक्रुशुः (uccukruśuḥ) - cried out, shouted

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of √kruś

Perfect

Third person plural, Perfect tense. With 'ud' prefix.

Prefix: ud

Root: √kruś (class 1)

केचित् (kecit) - some, certain ones

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kaścid

kaścid - someone, anyone, a certain one, some

From 'kim' (interrogative pronoun) + 'cid' (indeclinable particle).

रथान् (rathān) - chariots

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ratha

ratha - chariot, car

योजयत (yojayata) - harness, join, prepare

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of √yuj

Causative Imperative

Causative stem 'yojaya'. Second person plural, Parasmaipada, imperative mood.

Root: √yuj (class 7)

इति (iti) - thus, so, to this effect

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by oneself, personally

(indeclinable)

An adverbial form of 'sva'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तुरगान् (turagān) - horses

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of turaga

turaga - horse (literally 'swift-moving' or 'going quickly')

From 'tūra' (swift) + 'ga' (going, moving).

Compound type : tatpurusha (tūra+ga)

• tūra – swift, quick
  adjective
  From √tvar (to hasten).
  Root: √tvar (class 1)
• ga – going, moving, a goer
  suffix/adjective
  From √gam (to go).
  Root: √gam (class 1)

केचित् (kecit) - some, certain ones

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kaścid

kaścid - someone, anyone, a certain one, some

From 'kim' (interrogative pronoun) + 'cid' (indeclinable particle).

निन्युः (ninyuḥ) - led, carried

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of √nī

Perfect

Third person plural, Perfect tense, Parasmaipada.

Root: √nī (class 1)

हेमविभूषितान् (hemavibhūṣitān) - adorned with gold, decorated with gold

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of hemavibhūṣita

hemavibhūṣita - adorned with gold, decorated with gold

Tatpurusha compound: 'heman' (gold) + 'vibhūṣita' (adorned).

Compound type : tatpurusha (heman+vibhūṣita)

• heman – gold, wealth
  noun (neuter)
• vibhūṣita – adorned, decorated, embellished
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of √bhūṣ with prefix 'vi'. 'vi-√bhūṣ' to adorn, decorate.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: √bhūṣ (class 10)

Note: Adjective modifying 'turagān'.

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