महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-33, verse-6

दृष्ट्वा ज्ञातिवधं घोरं हतांश्च शतशः परान् ।
कोटिशश्च नरानन्यान्परितप्ये पितामह ॥६॥

6. dṛṣṭvā jñātivadhaṁ ghoraṁ hatāṁśca śataśaḥ parān ,
koṭiśaśca narānanyānparitapye pitāmaha.

6. dṛṣṭvā jñātivadhaṃ ghoram hatān ca śataśaḥ
parān koṭiśaḥ ca narān anyān paritapye pitāmaha

6. pitāmaha ghoram jñātivadham śataśaḥ hatān parān
ca anyān koṭiśaḥ ca narān dṛṣṭvā paritapye

6. O grandfather, seeing this terrible slaughter of my kinsmen, and hundreds of enemies, and millions of other men as well, I am deeply distressed.

Words meanings summery:

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, seeing

• ज्ञातिवधम् (jñātivadham) - slaughter of kinsmen, killing of relatives

• घोरम् (ghoram) - terrible, dreadful, awful

• हतान् (hatān) - slain, killed, dead

• च (ca) - and, also

• शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds, in hundreds

• परान् (parān) - others, enemies, opponents

• कोटिशः (koṭiśaḥ) - by millions, in millions

• च (ca) - and, also

• नरान् (narān) - men, people

• अन्यान् (anyān) - other

• परितप्ये (paritapye) - I am deeply distressed, I burn with grief, I suffer intensely

• पितामह (pitāmaha) - O grandsire Bhīṣma (O grandfather)

Words meanings and morphology

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, seeing

(indeclinable)

absolutive

root dṛś with suffix tvā

Root: dṛś (class 1)

ज्ञातिवधम् (jñātivadham) - slaughter of kinsmen, killing of relatives

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jñātivadha

jñātivadha - slaughter of kinsmen

tatpuruṣa compound of jñāti and vadha

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jñāti+vadha)

• jñāti – kinsman, relative
  noun (masculine)
• vadha – slaughter, killing, destruction
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vadh (class 1)

घोरम् (ghoram) - terrible, dreadful, awful

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ghora

ghora - terrible, dreadful

हतान् (hatān) - slain, killed, dead

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of hata

hata - slain, killed

Past Passive Participle

from root han

Root: han (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds, in hundreds

(adverb)

परान् (parān) - others, enemies, opponents

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of para

para - other, enemy, superior

कोटिशः (koṭiśaḥ) - by millions, in millions

(adverb)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

नरान् (narān) - men, people

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of nara

nara - man

अन्यान् (anyān) - other

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, else

परितप्ये (paritapye) - I am deeply distressed, I burn with grief, I suffer intensely

(verb)

1st person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of paritap

root tap with upasargas pari

Prefix: pari

Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Atmanepada passive form used reflexively or intransitively meaning to be distressed

पितामह (pitāmaha) - O grandsire Bhīṣma (O grandfather)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pitāmaha

pitāmaha - grandfather, grandsire

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