महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-58, verse-33

त्रासयन्तो विनिघ्नन्तस्तांस्तान्भूतगणांश्च ते ।
विचेरुः सर्वतो राजन्महीं शतसहस्रशः ॥३३॥

33. trāsayanto vinighnantastāṁstānbhūtagaṇāṁśca te ,
viceruḥ sarvato rājanmahīṁ śatasahasraśaḥ.

33. trāsayantaḥ vinighnantaḥ tān tān bhūtagaṇān ca
te viceruḥ sarvataḥ rājan mahīm śatasahasraśaḥ

33. O King, terrifying and slaughtering those various hosts of beings, they roamed throughout the earth, in hundreds of thousands.

33. הם הפחידו והרגו את קבוצות היצורים האלה והאלה, והו מלך, הם שוטטו בכל מקום בארץ במאות ובאלפים.

Words meanings summery:

• त्रासयन्तः (trāsayantaḥ) - terrifying (terrifying, causing fear)

• विनिघ्नन्तः (vinighnantaḥ) - slaughtering (killing, destroying)

• तान् (tān) - those

• तान् (tān) - those (referring to the groups of beings) (those)

• भूतगणान् (bhūtagaṇān) - hosts of beings (groups of beings, hosts of creatures)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• ते (te) - they (they, those)

• विचेरुः (viceruḥ) - they roamed (they wandered, roamed)

• सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - throughout (everywhere, in all directions)

• राजन् (rājan) - O King (vocative address) (O king)

• महीम् (mahīm) - the earth

• शतसहस्रशः (śatasahasraśaḥ) - in hundreds of thousands (of numbers) (by hundreds and thousands, in hundreds of thousands)

Words meanings and morphology

त्रासयन्तः (trāsayantaḥ) - terrifying (terrifying, causing fear)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of trāsayant

trāsayant - causing terror, terrifying, frightening

present active participle

causative of √tras (to tremble, be afraid)

Root: tras (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `te`.

विनिघ्नन्तः (vinighnantaḥ) - slaughtering (killing, destroying)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vinighnant

vinighnant - killing, slaying, destroying

present active participle

from √han (to strike, kill) with vi

Prefix: vi

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agrees with `te`.

तान् (tān) - those

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Repeated for emphasis.

तान् (tān) - those (referring to the groups of beings) (those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Repeated for emphasis, agrees with `bhūtagaṇān`.

भूतगणान् (bhūtagaṇān) - hosts of beings (groups of beings, hosts of creatures)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhūtagaṇa

bhūtagaṇa - host of beings, multitude of creatures

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūta+gaṇa)

• bhūta – being, creature, element
  noun (neuter)
  past passive participle
  from √bhū (to be, become)
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• gaṇa – multitude, host, troop, collection
  noun (masculine)

Note: Direct object of the participles `trāsayantaḥ` and `vinighnantaḥ`.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - they (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Subject of `viceruḥ`.

विचेरुः (viceruḥ) - they roamed (they wandered, roamed)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (lit) of vi-car

perfect tense

3rd person plural, active voice

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - throughout (everywhere, in all directions)

(indeclinable)

from sarva + -tas suffix

राजन् (rājan) - O King (vocative address) (O king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, prince

महीम् (mahīm) - the earth

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahī

mahī - earth, ground, land

Note: Direct object of `viceruḥ`.

शतसहस्रशः (śatasahasraśaḥ) - in hundreds of thousands (of numbers) (by hundreds and thousands, in hundreds of thousands)

(indeclinable)

from śatasahasra (hundred thousand) + -śaḥ (suffix for distribution/manner)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śata+sahasra)

• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)
• sahasra – thousand
  numeral (neuter)

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