महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-216, verse-18

हुताशनं नमस्कृत्य ततस्तदपि वीर्यवान् ।
जग्राह बलमास्थाय ज्यया च युयुजे धनुः ॥१८॥

18. hutāśanaṁ namaskṛtya tatastadapi vīryavān ,
jagrāha balamāsthāya jyayā ca yuyuje dhanuḥ.

18. hutāśanaṃ namaskṛtya tataḥ tat api vīryavān
jagrāha balaṃ āsthāya jyayā ca yuyuje dhanuḥ

18. Then, the powerful (Arjuna), having saluted the fire god, seized that (bow) and, applying his strength, strung it with the bowstring.

Words meanings summery:

• हुताशनं (hutāśanaṁ) - fire, fire god (Agni)

• नमस्कृत्य (namaskṛtya) - having saluted, having bowed down to

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

• तत् (tat) - Refers to the bow. (that, it)

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• वीर्यवान् (vīryavān) - Refers to Arjuna. (powerful, valorous, strong)

• जग्राह (jagrāha) - seized, took, grasped

• बलं (balaṁ) - strength, power, force

• आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having resorted to, having applied

• ज्यया (jyayā) - with the bowstring

• च (ca) - and, also

• युयुजे (yuyuje) - strung, yoked, attached

• धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

Words meanings and morphology

हुताशनं (hutāśanaṁ) - fire, fire god (Agni)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hutāśana

hutāśana - fire, fire god (Agni), consumer of oblations

नमस्कृत्य (namaskṛtya) - having saluted, having bowed down to

(indeclinable)

Absolutive / Gerund

Derived from 'namas' (bow, reverence) and the root 'kṛ' (to do) with the absolutive suffix 'lyap'.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - Refers to the bow. (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

वीर्यवान् (vīryavān) - Refers to Arjuna. (powerful, valorous, strong)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vīryavat

vīryavat - powerful, valorous, strong, heroic

Formed from 'vīrya' (valor, strength) with the possessive suffix 'matup'.

जग्राह (jagrāha) - seized, took, grasped

(verb)

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

Perfect tense (Lit) form of the root 'grah'.

Root: grah (class 9)

बलं (balaṁ) - strength, power, force

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force, might

आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having resorted to, having applied

(indeclinable)

Absolutive / Gerund

Derived from the prefix 'ā' and the root 'sthā' (to stand, resort to) with the absolutive suffix 'lyap'.

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

ज्यया (jyayā) - with the bowstring

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of jyā

jyā - bowstring, string

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

युयुजे (yuyuje) - strung, yoked, attached

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (Lit) of yuyuj

Perfect tense (Lit) form of the root 'yuj' (ātmanepada).

Root: yuj (class 7)

धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dhanus

dhanus - bow, arc