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13,1

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-1, verse-4

रुधिरेणावसिक्ताङ्गं प्रस्रवन्तं यथाचलम् ।
त्वां दृष्ट्वा पुरुषव्याघ्र सीदे वर्षास्विवाम्बुजम् ॥४॥
4. rudhireṇāvasiktāṅgaṁ prasravantaṁ yathācalam ,
tvāṁ dṛṣṭvā puruṣavyāghra sīde varṣāsvivāmbujam.
4. rudhireṇa avasiktāṅgam prasravantam yathācalam
tvām dṛṣṭvā puruṣavyāghra sīde varṣāsu iva ambujam
4. puruṣavyāghra,
rudhireṇa avasiktāṅgam yathācalam prasravantam tvām dṛṣṭvā,
ambujam varṣāsu iva sīde.
4. O tiger among men (puruṣavyāghra), seeing your limbs drenched with blood, flowing forth like a mountain stream, I wilt like a lotus in the rainy season.

Words meanings summery:

(Scroll down for elaborated words morphology)

  • रुधिरेण (rudhireṇa) - by blood
  • अवसिक्ताङ्गम् (avasiktāṅgam) - whose limbs are drenched, drenched-limbed
  • प्रस्रवन्तम् (prasravantam) - flowing forth, streaming
  • यथाचलम् (yathācalam) - like a mountain, as a mountain
  • त्वाम् (tvām) - Referring to Bhishma (you (accusative))
  • दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen
  • पुरुषव्याघ्र (puruṣavyāghra) - Addressed to Bhishma, an epithet of excellence (O tiger among men, O best of men (puruṣavyāghra))
  • सीदे (sīde) - I sink, I languish, I become dejected
  • वर्षासु (varṣāsu) - in the rainy season, during the rains
  • इव (iva) - like, as, similar to
  • अम्बुजम् (ambujam) - A lotus wilts in heavy rain (a lotus)

Words meanings and morphology

रुधिरेण (rudhireṇa) - by blood
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of rudhira
rudhira - blood
Root: rudh (class 7)
Note: Agent for the passive participle avasiktāṅgam
अवसिक्ताङ्गम् (avasiktāṅgam) - whose limbs are drenched, drenched-limbed
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of avasiktāṅga
avasiktāṅga - having limbs drenched/sprinkled
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (avasikta+aṅga)
  • avasikta – drenched, sprinkled, poured down
    adjective
    past passive participle
    from root sic with prefix ava
    Prefix: ava
    Root: sic (class 6)
  • aṅga – limb, body part, body
    noun (neuter)
Note: Modifies tvām
प्रस्रवन्तम् (prasravantam) - flowing forth, streaming
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of prasravat
prasravat - flowing forth, streaming, oozing
present active participle
from root sru with prefix pra, present active participle
Prefix: pra
Root: sru (class 1)
Note: Modifies tvām
यथाचलम् (yathācalam) - like a mountain, as a mountain
(indeclinable)
Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+acala)
  • yathā – as, just as, according to
    indeclinable
  • acala – mountain, immobile
    noun (masculine)
    Prefix: a
    Root: cal (class 1)
त्वाम् (tvām) - Referring to Bhishma (you (accusative))
(pronoun)
Accusative, singular of yuṣmad
yuṣmad - you
Note: Object of dṛṣṭvā
दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen
(indeclinable)
absolutive (gerund)
absolutive from root dṛś
Root: dṛś (class 1)
पुरुषव्याघ्र (puruṣavyāghra) - Addressed to Bhishma, an epithet of excellence (O tiger among men, O best of men (puruṣavyāghra))
(noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of puruṣavyāghra
puruṣavyāghra - tiger among men, foremost of men, excellent man
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+vyāghra)
  • puruṣa – man, person, male
    noun (masculine)
  • vyāghra – tiger
    noun (masculine)
सीदे (sīde) - I sink, I languish, I become dejected
(verb)
1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of sad
present active
1st person singular present active
Root: sad (class 1)
Note: Subject (implied) is Yudhishthira
वर्षासु (varṣāsu) - in the rainy season, during the rains
(noun)
Locative, feminine, plural of varṣā
varṣā - rain, rainy season
Root: vṛṣ (class 1)
Note: Temporal locative
इव (iva) - like, as, similar to
(indeclinable)
Note: Used for comparison
अम्बुजम् (ambujam) - A lotus wilts in heavy rain (a lotus)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of ambuja
ambuja - lotus (literally 'water-born')
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ambhas+ja)
  • ambhas – water
    noun (neuter)
  • ja – born, produced from
    suffix/adjective
    Participial stem used as suffix
    Root: jan (class 4)
Note: Compared to the speaker's state