महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-10, chapter-12, verse-20

स सुनाभं सहस्रारं वज्रनाभमयस्मयम् ।
वव्रे चक्रं महाबाहो स्पर्धमानो मया सह ॥२०॥

20. sa sunābhaṁ sahasrāraṁ vajranābhamayasmayam ,
vavre cakraṁ mahābāho spardhamāno mayā saha.

20. sa sunābham sahasrāram vajranābhamayasmayam
vavre cakram mahābāho spardhamānaḥ mayā saha

20. mahābāho sa mayā saha spardhamānaḥ sunābham
sahasrāram vajranābhamayasmayam cakram vavre

20. O mighty-armed one, competing with me, he chose the discus (chakra) which had a beautiful hub, a thousand spokes, and a hub as hard as a thunderbolt (vajra) and made of iron.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - he, that

• सुनाभम् (sunābham) - having a beautiful nave/hub

• सहस्रारम् (sahasrāram) - having a thousand spokes

• वज्रनाभमयस्मयम् (vajranābhamayasmayam) - having a thunderbolt-like hub and made of iron

• वव्रे (vavre) - he chose, he desired, he requested

• चक्रम् (cakram) - the divine discus (chakra) (the discus, the wheel)

• महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed one

• स्पर्धमानः (spardhamānaḥ) - competing, vying, challenging

• मया (mayā) - by me, with me

• सह (saha) - with, together with

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - he, that, this

सुनाभम् (sunābham) - having a beautiful nave/hub

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sunābha

sunābha - having a beautiful nave/hub

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+nābhi)

• su – good, beautiful, well
  indeclinable
• nābhi – nave, hub, navel
  noun (feminine)

सहस्रारम् (sahasrāram) - having a thousand spokes

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sahasrāra

sahasrāra - having a thousand spokes

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sahasra+ara)

• sahasra – thousand
  numeral (neuter)
• ara – spoke (of a wheel)
  noun (masculine)

वज्रनाभमयस्मयम् (vajranābhamayasmayam) - having a thunderbolt-like hub and made of iron

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vajranābhamayasmaya

vajranābhamayasmaya - having a thunderbolt-like hub and made of iron

Compound of 'vajranābha' (whose hub is like a thunderbolt) and 'ayasmaya' (made of iron)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (vajranābha+ayasmaya)

• vajranābha – having a thunderbolt-like hub
  adjective (masculine)
  Bahuvrīhi compound: vajra (thunderbolt) + nābhi (hub)
• ayasmaya – made of iron
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from ayas (iron) with suffix -maya (made of)

वव्रे (vavre) - he chose, he desired, he requested

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (liṭ) of vṛ

Root: vṛ (class 9)

चक्रम् (cakram) - the divine discus (chakra) (the discus, the wheel)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cakra

cakra - wheel, discus, circle, kingdom (chakra)

महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahābāhu

mahābāhu - mighty-armed, strong-armed; an epithet for a strong hero

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bāhu)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective
• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)

स्पर्धमानः (spardhamānaḥ) - competing, vying, challenging

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of spardhamāna

spardhamāna - competing, vying, emulating, challenging

Present Participle

Present Active Participle (ātmanepada) from root 'spardh'

Root: spardh (class 1)

मया (mayā) - by me, with me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of mad

mad - I, me

सह (saha) - with, together with

(indeclinable)