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11,16

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-16, verse-29

अवध्यकल्पान्निहतान्दृष्ट्वाहं मधुसूदन ।
गृध्रकङ्कबडश्येनश्वसृगालादनीकृतान् ॥२९॥
29. avadhyakalpānnihatāndṛṣṭvāhaṁ madhusūdana ,
gṛdhrakaṅkabaḍaśyenaśvasṛgālādanīkṛtān.
29. avadhya-kalpān nihatān dṛṣṭvā aham madhusūdana
gṛdhra-kaṅka-baḍaśyena-śvan-sṛgāla-adanīkṛtān
29. madhusūdana,
aham avadhya-kalpān nihatān gṛdhra-kaṅka-baḍaśyena-śvan-sṛgāla-adanīkṛtān dṛṣṭvā
29. O Madhusūdana, when I saw those who were virtually invincible, slain and turned into food for vultures, kites, large hawks, dogs, and jackals...

Words meanings summery:

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  • अवध्य-कल्पान् (avadhya-kalpān) - almost invincible, virtually impossible to kill
  • निहतान् (nihatān) - slain, killed
  • दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen
  • अहम् (aham) - I
  • मधुसूदन (madhusūdana) - O Krishna (an epithet of Krishna) (O slayer of Madhu)
  • गृध्र-कङ्क-बडश्येन-श्वन्-सृगाल-अदनीकृतान् (gṛdhra-kaṅka-baḍaśyena-śvan-sṛgāla-adanīkṛtān) - made into food for vultures, kites, large hawks, dogs, and jackals

Words meanings and morphology

अवध्य-कल्पान् (avadhya-kalpān) - almost invincible, virtually impossible to kill
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, plural of avadhya-kalpa
avadhya-kalpa - almost invincible, virtually impossible to kill
Compound type : tatpurusha (avadhya+kalpa)
  • avadhya – not to be killed, inviolable, invincible
    adjective
    Future Passive Participle (from √han)
    Negation 'a' + future passive participle 'vadhya'
    Prefix: a
    Root: han (class 2)
  • kalpa – like, resembling, almost, similar to
    adjective
    Suffix indicating approximation
निहतान् (nihatān) - slain, killed
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, plural of nihata
nihata - struck down, killed, destroyed
Past Passive Participle
Past passive participle of √han with prefix 'ni'
Prefix: ni
Root: han (class 2)
दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen
(indeclinable)
absolutive (gerund)
Absolutive form from the root √dṛś
Root: dṛś (class 1)
अहम् (aham) - I
(pronoun)
Nominative, singular of asmad
asmad - I, we
मधुसूदन (madhusūdana) - O Krishna (an epithet of Krishna) (O slayer of Madhu)
(proper noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of madhusūdana
madhusūdana - Slayer of Madhu, an epithet of Krishna
Compound type : tatpurusha (madhu+sūdana)
  • madhu – honey; a demon (Madhu)
    noun (neuter)
  • sūdana – slayer, destroyer
    noun (masculine)
    Derived from the root √sūd (to kill)
    Root: sūd (class 10)
गृध्र-कङ्क-बडश्येन-श्वन्-सृगाल-अदनीकृतान् (gṛdhra-kaṅka-baḍaśyena-śvan-sṛgāla-adanīkṛtān) - made into food for vultures, kites, large hawks, dogs, and jackals
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, plural of gṛdhra-kaṅka-baḍaśyena-śvan-sṛgāla-adanīkṛta
gṛdhra-kaṅka-baḍaśyena-śvan-sṛgāla-adanīkṛta - made into food for vultures, kites, large hawks, dogs, and jackals
Compound type : tatpurusha (gṛdhra-kaṅka-baḍaśyena-śvan-sṛgāla+adanīkṛta)
  • gṛdhra-kaṅka-baḍaśyena-śvan-sṛgāla – vultures, kites, large hawks, dogs, and jackals
    noun (masculine)
  • adanīkṛta – made into food, eaten
    adjective
    Past Passive Participle
    Compound of 'adana' (food) and 'kṛta' (made)
    Root: kṛ (class 8)