महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-11, verse-17

तं तु गृह्यैव पाणिभ्यां भीमसेनमयस्मयम् ।
बभञ्ज बलवान्राजा मन्यमानो वृकोदरम् ॥१७॥

17. taṁ tu gṛhyaiva pāṇibhyāṁ bhīmasenamayasmayam ,
babhañja balavānrājā manyamāno vṛkodaram.

17. tam tu gṛhya eva pāṇibhyām bhīmasenam ayasmayam
babhañja balavān rājā manyamānaḥ vṛkodaram

17. tu balavān rājā pāṇibhyām tam ayasmayam bhīmasenam
gṛhya eva vṛkodaram manyamānaḥ babhañja

17. But the powerful king, taking hold with both hands of that iron image of Bhīmasena, broke it, thinking it to be Vṛkodara himself.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - that (image) (him, that, it)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed (but, however, indeed, on the other hand)

• गृह्य (gṛhya) - taking hold, seizing (having seized, having taken, having grasped)

• एव (eva) - indeed, just (indeed, only, just, even, certainly)

• पाणिभ्याम् (pāṇibhyām) - with both hands (with two hands)

• भीमसेनम् (bhīmasenam) - Bhīmasena (Bhīmasena (a name of Bhīma))

• अयस्मयम् (ayasmayam) - made of iron, iron (image) (made of iron, iron, firm, unyielding)

• बभञ्ज (babhañja) - he broke, he shattered (he broke, he shattered, he crushed)

• बलवान् (balavān) - powerful (king) (powerful, strong, mighty)

• राजा (rājā) - the king (Duryodhana) (king, ruler, prince)

• मन्यमानः (manyamānaḥ) - thinking, supposing (thinking, supposing, believing, imagining)

• वृकोदरम् (vṛkodaram) - Vṛkodara (Bhīma) (Vṛkodara (a name of Bhīma), one with a wolf's belly (insatiably hungry))

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - that (image) (him, that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तु (tu) - but, indeed (but, however, indeed, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

गृह्य (gṛhya) - taking hold, seizing (having seized, having taken, having grasped)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from the root grah (to seize, take) with the suffix -ya (after prefix, but here without explicit prefix). Less common form for -tvā.

Root: grah (class 9)

एव (eva) - indeed, just (indeed, only, just, even, certainly)

(indeclinable)

पाणिभ्याम् (pāṇibhyām) - with both hands (with two hands)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, dual of pāṇi

pāṇi - hand

भीमसेनम् (bhīmasenam) - Bhīmasena (Bhīmasena (a name of Bhīma))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhīmasena

bhīmasena - Bhīmasena (a name of Bhīma, lit. 'one who has a terrifying army')

अयस्मयम् (ayasmayam) - made of iron, iron (image) (made of iron, iron, firm, unyielding)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ayasmaya

ayasmaya - made of iron, iron, firm, unyielding

Derived from ayas (iron, metal) with suffix -maya

बभञ्ज (babhañja) - he broke, he shattered (he broke, he shattered, he crushed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of bhañj

perfect tense

Perfect 3rd person singular, Parasmaipada (active voice)

Root: bhañj (class 7)

बलवान् (balavān) - powerful (king) (powerful, strong, mighty)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of balavat

balavat - powerful, strong, mighty

Derived from bala (strength) with suffix -vat

राजा (rājā) - the king (Duryodhana) (king, ruler, prince)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, prince

मन्यमानः (manyamānaḥ) - thinking, supposing (thinking, supposing, believing, imagining)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of manyamāna

manyamāna - thinking, supposing

present participle

Present participle, middle voice (Ātmanepada) from root man (to think)

Root: man (class 4)

वृकोदरम् (vṛkodaram) - Vṛkodara (Bhīma) (Vṛkodara (a name of Bhīma), one with a wolf's belly (insatiably hungry))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vṛkodara

vṛkodara - Vṛkodara (a name of Bhīma, lit. 'wolf-bellied' due to great hunger or fierceness)