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16,9

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-16, chapter-9, verse-5

अवीरजोऽभिघातस्ते ब्राह्मणो वा हतस्त्वया ।
युद्धे पराजितो वासि गतश्रीरिव लक्ष्यसे ॥५॥
5. avīrajo'bhighātaste brāhmaṇo vā hatastvayā ,
yuddhe parājito vāsi gataśrīriva lakṣyase.
5. avīrajaḥ abhighātaḥ te brāhmaṇaḥ vā hataḥ tvayā
yuddhe parājitaḥ vā asi gataśrīḥ iva lakṣyase
5. te abhighātaḥ avīrajaḥ vā tvayā brāhmaṇaḥ hataḥ
vā yuddhe parājitaḥ asi vā gataśrīḥ iva lakṣyase
5. Has your vigor been diminished, or have you killed a brahmin, or have you been defeated in battle? You appear as if your glory has departed.

Words meanings summery:

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  • अवीरजः (avīrajaḥ) - diminished in valor/vigor (without heroes, without vigor, without glory)
  • अभिघातः (abhighātaḥ) - injury, setback (to valor) (blow, stroke, assault, injury, defeat)
  • ते (te) - your (to you, your)
  • ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - a brahmin (a brahmin, a priest)
  • वा (vā) - or
  • हतः (hataḥ) - killed (killed, struck, destroyed)
  • त्वया (tvayā) - by you
  • युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle (in battle, in war)
  • पराजितः (parājitaḥ) - defeated (defeated, conquered)
  • वा (vā) - or
  • असि (asi) - you are
  • गतश्रीः (gataśrīḥ) - one whose glory has departed (one whose glory is gone, deprived of prosperity)
  • इव (iva) - like (like, as, as it were)
  • लक्ष्यसे (lakṣyase) - you appear (you are seen, you appear, you are perceived)

Words meanings and morphology

अवीरजः (avīrajaḥ) - diminished in valor/vigor (without heroes, without vigor, without glory)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of avīraja
avīraja - without heroes, without vigor, without glory
Compound of 'a' (negation) and 'vīraja' (valorous, having vigor, from vīra + rajas).
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+vīraja)
  • a – not, non-, without
    indeclinable
    Negative prefix
  • vīraja – valorous, heroic, having vigor
    adjective (masculine)
    Derived from vīra (hero) + rajas (passion, vigor)
अभिघातः (abhighātaḥ) - injury, setback (to valor) (blow, stroke, assault, injury, defeat)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of abhighāta
abhighāta - blow, stroke, assault, injury, defeat
Derived from abhi-han (to strike, attack) with suffix ghañ.
Prefix: abhi
Root: han (class 2)
ते (te) - your (to you, your)
(pronoun)
Genitive, singular of yuṣmad
yuṣmad - you
Note: Can be dative or genitive; here genitive.
ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - a brahmin (a brahmin, a priest)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa
brāhmaṇa - a brahmin, a priest, belonging to (brahman)
Derived from brahman (Vedic text, sacred knowledge, ultimate reality)
वा (vā) - or
(indeclinable)
हतः (hataḥ) - killed (killed, struck, destroyed)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of hata
hata - killed, struck, destroyed, hurt
Past Passive Participle
From root han (to strike, kill)
Root: han (class 2)
Note: P.P.P. used here as a predicate adjective.
त्वया (tvayā) - by you
(pronoun)
Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad
yuṣmad - you
युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle (in battle, in war)
(noun)
Locative, neuter, singular of yuddha
yuddha - battle, war, fight
Past Passive Participle (originally from yudh to fight)
Used as a noun.
Root: yudh (class 4)
पराजितः (parājitaḥ) - defeated (defeated, conquered)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of parājita
parājita - defeated, conquered, vanquished
Past Passive Participle
From root ji (to conquer) with prefix parā.
Prefix: parā
Root: ji (class 1)
Note: P.P.P. used here as a predicate adjective.
वा (vā) - or
(indeclinable)
असि (asi) - you are
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as
Present tense
Root verb, 2nd person singular, present active.
Root: as (class 2)
गतश्रीः (gataśrīḥ) - one whose glory has departed (one whose glory is gone, deprived of prosperity)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of gataśrī
gataśrī - one whose glory/splendor/prosperity is gone
Bahuvrīhi compound of gata (gone, past) and śrī (glory, prosperity, beauty).
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (gata+śrī)
  • gata – gone, past, departed
    adjective (masculine)
    Past Passive Participle
    From root gam (to go)
    Root: gam (class 1)
  • śrī – glory, splendor, prosperity, wealth, beauty
    noun (feminine)
Note: Agrees with the implied subject (you).
इव (iva) - like (like, as, as it were)
(indeclinable)
लक्ष्यसे (lakṣyase) - you appear (you are seen, you appear, you are perceived)
(verb)
2nd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of lakṣ
Present tense
Root lakṣ (10th class, lakṣayati), here in passive middle voice. 2nd person singular, present passive.
Root: lakṣ (class 10)