महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-212, verse-5

संनद्धः कवची खड्गी बद्धगोधाङ्गुलित्रवान् ।
मृगयाव्यपदेशेन यौगपद्येन भारत ॥५॥

5. saṁnaddhaḥ kavacī khaḍgī baddhagodhāṅgulitravān ,
mṛgayāvyapadeśena yaugapadyena bhārata.

5. sannaddhaḥ kavacī khaḍgī baddhagodhāṅgulitravān
mṛgayāvyapadeśena yaugapadyena bhārata

5. O descendant of Bharata (bhārata), fully armed, armored, carrying a sword, and wearing a leather finger-protector, he did this simultaneously under the pretext of hunting.

5. הוא היה חגור, לבוש שריון, אוחז חרב, ועל אצבעותיו כפפת עור של ורַן, וכך יצא, הו בְּהַרַטַה, בתואנה של ציד.

Words meanings summery:

• सन्नद्धः (sannaddhaḥ) - well-equipped for battle/action (armed, prepared, equipped)

• कवची (kavacī) - armored, wearing armor

• खड्गी (khaḍgī) - sword-wielding, carrying a sword

• बद्धगोधाङ्गुलित्रवान् (baddhagodhāṅgulitravān) - specifically a protector for archery (having tied a leather finger-protector)

• मृगयाव्यपदेशेन (mṛgayāvyapadeśena) - by means of the pretext of hunting, under the guise of a hunting expedition

• यौगपद्येन (yaugapadyena) - simultaneously, at the same time

• भारत (bhārata) - Address to Arjuna or Dhṛtarāṣṭra (common in MBh) (O descendant of Bharata)

Words meanings and morphology

सन्नद्धः (sannaddhaḥ) - well-equipped for battle/action (armed, prepared, equipped)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sannaddha

sannaddha - armed, prepared, equipped, ready

Past Passive Participle

From sam- √nah 'to bind, fasten'

Prefix: sam

Root: nah (class 4)

Note: participle used as an adjective

कवची (kavacī) - armored, wearing armor

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kavacin

kavacin - armored, wearing a coat of mail, a cuirassier

Derived from kavaca (armor) + -in (possessive suffix)

खड्गी (khaḍgī) - sword-wielding, carrying a sword

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of khaḍgin

khaḍgin - carrying a sword, sword-wielding, armed with a sword

Derived from khaḍga (sword) + -in (possessive suffix)

बद्धगोधाङ्गुलित्रवान् (baddhagodhāṅgulitravān) - specifically a protector for archery (having tied a leather finger-protector)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of baddhagodhāṅgulitravat

baddhagodhāṅgulitravat - having a tied leather finger-protector, wearing an archer's leather gauntlet

Compound ending in possessive suffix -vat

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (baddha+godhā+aṅgulitra)

• baddha – bound, tied, fastened
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √bandh 'to bind'
  Root: bandh (class 1)
• godhā – a lizard, iguana; (by extension) leather (often made from lizard skin for guards)
  noun (feminine)
• aṅgulitra – finger-protector, thimble, gauntlet
  noun (neuter)
  From aṅguli (finger) + tra (suffix for instrument)

Note: compound adjective with possessive suffix -vat

मृगयाव्यपदेशेन (mṛgayāvyapadeśena) - by means of the pretext of hunting, under the guise of a hunting expedition

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mṛgayāvyapadeśa

mṛgayāvyapadeśa - pretext of hunting, guise of hunting

Compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛgayā+vyapadeśa)

• mṛgayā – hunting, chase
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from √mṛg 'to hunt'
  Root: mṛg (class 10)
• vyapadeśa – pretext, excuse, name, designation
  noun (masculine)
  From vi-apa-√diś 'to point out, indicate'
  Prefixes: vi+apa
  Root: diś (class 6)

यौगपद्येन (yaugapadyena) - simultaneously, at the same time

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of yaugapadya

yaugapadya - simultaneity, contemporaneousness

From yugapad (simultaneously) + -ya (nominalizing suffix)

Note: Adverbial use of instrumental case.

भारत (bhārata) - Address to Arjuna or Dhṛtarāṣṭra (common in MBh) (O descendant of Bharata)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - a descendant of Bharata, relating to Bharata

Patronymic from Bharata

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