महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-57, verse-46

तुण्डयुद्धमथाकाशे तावुभौ संप्रचक्रतुः ।
युध्यतोरपतद्रेतस्तच्चापि यमुनाम्भसि ॥४६॥

46. tuṇḍayuddhamathākāśe tāvubhau saṁpracakratuḥ ,
yudhyatorapatadretastaccāpi yamunāmbhasi.

46. tuṇḍa-yuddham atha ākāśe tau ubhau sampra-cakratuḥ
yudhyatoḥ apatat retaḥ tat ca api yamunā-ambhasi

46. Then, those two engaged in a beak-fight in the sky. While they were fighting, their semen fell, and that too, into the waters of the Yamuna.

46. שניהם נלחמו זה בזה במקורים באוויר, ובזמן הקרב נפל הזרע אל מימי הנהר יַמוּנַה.

Words meanings summery:

• तुण्ड-युद्धम् (tuṇḍa-yuddham) - a fight with beaks (beak-fight)

• अथ (atha) - then (then, thereupon)

• आकाशे (ākāśe) - in the sky (in the sky, in space)

• तौ (tau) - those two (hawks) (those two)

• उभौ (ubhau) - both (of them) (both)

• सम्प्र-चक्रतुः (sampra-cakratuḥ) - they engaged in (a fight) (they performed, they engaged in)

• युध्यतोः (yudhyatoḥ) - while they (the two hawks) were fighting (of the two fighting, while fighting)

• अपतत् (apatat) - fell (fell, dropped)

• रेतः (retaḥ) - semen (semen, virility, germ)

• तत् (tat) - that (semen) (that)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अपि (api) - too, also (also, even, too)

• यमुना-अम्भसि (yamunā-ambhasi) - into the waters of the Yamuna (in the waters of Yamuna)

Words meanings and morphology

तुण्ड-युद्धम् (tuṇḍa-yuddham) - a fight with beaks (beak-fight)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tuṇḍa-yuddha

tuṇḍa-yuddha - beak-fight, combat with beaks

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tuṇḍa+yuddha)

• tuṇḍa – beak, bill, muzzle
  noun (neuter)
• yuddha – fight, battle, combat
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  from root yudh
  Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: Subject of the implied sentence "they performed a beak-fight."

अथ (atha) - then (then, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

आकाशे (ākāśe) - in the sky (in the sky, in space)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - sky, space, ether

तौ (tau) - those two (hawks) (those two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the two hawks.

उभौ (ubhau) - both (of them) (both)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ubha

ubha - both, two

Note: Emphasizes 'tau'.

सम्प्र-चक्रतुः (sampra-cakratuḥ) - they engaged in (a fight) (they performed, they engaged in)

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, past perfect (liṭ) of sam-pra-kṛ

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: The object "tuṇḍa-yuddham" is understood for this verb.

युध्यतोः (yudhyatoḥ) - while they (the two hawks) were fighting (of the two fighting, while fighting)

(nominal form)

Genitive, masculine, dual of yudhyat

yudhyat - fighting, combating

present participle

present participle of root yudh

Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: Indicates the simultaneous action of fighting.

अपतत् (apatat) - fell (fell, dropped)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of pat

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: The augment "a" indicates past tense.

रेतः (retaḥ) - semen (semen, virility, germ)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of retas

retas - semen, seed, virility, germ, fluid

Note: Subject of 'apatat'.

तत् (tat) - that (semen) (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'retaḥ'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - too, also (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the destination.

यमुना-अम्भसि (yamunā-ambhasi) - into the waters of the Yamuna (in the waters of Yamuna)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of yamunā-ambhas

yamunā-ambhas - water of the Yamuna river

Compound type : genitive tatpuruṣa (yamunā+ambhas)

• yamunā – Yamuna (name of a sacred river)
  noun (feminine)
• ambhas – water, fluid
  noun (neuter)

Note: Location where the semen fell.

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