महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-6, verse-24

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आयसी प्रतिमा येन भीमसेनस्य वै पुरा ।
चूर्णीकृता बलवता स बलार्थी श्रितः स्त्रियम् ॥२४॥

24. āyasī pratimā yena bhīmasenasya vai purā ,
cūrṇīkṛtā balavatā sa balārthī śritaḥ striyam.

24. āyasī pratimā yena bhīmasenasya vai purā
cūrṇīkṛtā balavatā saḥ balārthī śritaḥ striyam

24. yena balavatā purā bhīmasenasya āyasī pratimā vai cūrṇīkṛtā,
saḥ balārthī striyam śritaḥ

24. He, by whom an iron statue of Bhimasena was indeed crushed in the past by his powerful strength, that powerful one (balārthī) now relies upon a woman.

Words meanings summery:

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आयसी (āyasī) - made of iron, iron

प्रतिमा (pratimā) - image, statue, likeness

येन (yena) - (by Dhritarashtra) (by whom, by which)

भीमसेनस्य (bhīmasenasya) - (referring to the Pandava brother Bhima) (of Bhimasena)

वै (vai) - indeed, verily, surely (particle)

पुरा (purā) - (before the current events) (formerly, previously, in ancient times)

चूर्णीकृता (cūrṇīkṛtā) - (referring to the statue being crushed) (powdered, crushed, pulverized)

बलवता (balavatā) - (by Dhritarashtra) (by the strong one, by the powerful one)

सः (saḥ) - (referring to Dhritarashtra) (he, that)

बलार्थी (balārthī) - (Dhritarashtra, who had immense strength and desired it) (seeker of strength, desiring strength, powerful one)

श्रितः (śritaḥ) - (leaned upon Gandhari) (resorted to, leaned upon, dependent on)

स्त्रियम् (striyam) - (referring to Gandhari) (a woman, wife)

Words meanings and morphology

आयसी (āyasī) - made of iron, iron

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āyasa

āyasa - made of iron, iron

Derived from ayas (iron) + aṆ suffix

प्रतिमा (pratimā) - image, statue, likeness

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pratimā

pratimā - image, statue, likeness, counterpart

येन (yena) - (by Dhritarashtra) (by whom, by which)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Relative pronoun.

भीमसेनस्य (bhīmasenasya) - (referring to the Pandava brother Bhima) (of Bhimasena)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhīmasena

bhīmasena - Bhimasena (name of the second Pandava brother)

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhīma+sena)

bhīma – terrible, formidable
adjective (masculine)
From root bhī (to fear)
Root: bhī (class 3)
sena – army, host
noun (feminine)

वै (vai) - indeed, verily, surely (particle)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

पुरा (purā) - (before the current events) (formerly, previously, in ancient times)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of time.

चूर्णीकृता (cūrṇīkṛtā) - (referring to the statue being crushed) (powdered, crushed, pulverized)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of cūrṇīkṛta

cūrṇīkṛta - powdered, crushed, made into powder

Past Passive Participle

Derived from cūrṇī-kṛ (to make into powder)

Compound type : upapada (cūrṇī+kṛta)

cūrṇa – powder, dust
noun (masculine)
kṛta – made, done, performed
adjective (neuter)
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root kṛ (to do, to make)
Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: It is a past passive participle used adjectivally.

बलवता (balavatā) - (by Dhritarashtra) (by the strong one, by the powerful one)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of balavat

balavat - strong, powerful, mighty

Derived from bala (strength) + matup suffix

Note: The instrumental case indicates the agent of the action "crushed".

सः (saḥ) - (referring to Dhritarashtra) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

बलार्थी (balārthī) - (Dhritarashtra, who had immense strength and desired it) (seeker of strength, desiring strength, powerful one)