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2,16

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-16, verse-10

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
कृष्ण कोऽयं जरासंधः किंवीर्यः किंपराक्रमः ।
यस्त्वां स्पृष्ट्वाग्निसदृशं न दग्धः शलभो यथा ॥१०॥
10. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
kṛṣṇa ko'yaṁ jarāsaṁdhaḥ kiṁvīryaḥ kiṁparākramaḥ ,
yastvāṁ spṛṣṭvāgnisadṛśaṁ na dagdhaḥ śalabho yathā.
10. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca kṛṣṇa kaḥ ayam
jarāsandhaḥ kiṃvīryaḥ
kiṃparākramaḥ yaḥ tvām spṛṣṭvā agnisadṛśam
na dagdhaḥ śalabhaḥ yathā
10. Yudhiṣṭhira said: 'O Kṛṣṇa, who is this Jarāsandha? What is his valor, and what is his prowess, that he, having touched you, who are like fire, was not burned, unlike a moth (which would be incinerated)?'

Words meanings summery:

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  • युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira
  • उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke
  • कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - O Kṛṣṇa (Kṛṣṇa)
  • कः (kaḥ) - who, what
  • अयम् (ayam) - this, he
  • जरासन्धः (jarāsandhaḥ) - Jarāsandha (name of a king)
  • किंवीर्यः (kiṁvīryaḥ) - of what valor, of what strength
  • किंपराक्रमः (kiṁparākramaḥ) - of what might, of what prowess
  • यः (yaḥ) - who, which
  • त्वाम् (tvām) - you
  • स्पृष्ट्वा (spṛṣṭvā) - having touched
  • अग्निसदृशम् (agnisadṛśam) - like fire (describing Kṛṣṇa) (fire-like, resembling fire)
  • (na) - not, no
  • दग्धः (dagdhaḥ) - burned, consumed, scorched
  • शलभः (śalabhaḥ) - moth, grasshopper, locust
  • यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira
yudhiṣṭhira - firm in battle, Yudhiṣṭhira (eldest Pāṇḍava brother)
उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac
Root: vac (class 2)
कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa) - O Kṛṣṇa (Kṛṣṇa)
(proper noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of kṛṣṇa
kṛṣṇa - Kṛṣṇa (a Hindu deity), black, dark
कः (kaḥ) - who, what
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kim
kim - who, what, which, why
अयम् (ayam) - this, he
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of idam
idam - this, he, she, it
जरासन्धः (jarāsandhaḥ) - Jarāsandha (name of a king)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of jarāsandha
jarāsandha - Jarāsandha (king of Magadha, adversary of Kṛṣṇa)
किंवीर्यः (kiṁvīryaḥ) - of what valor, of what strength
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kiṃvīrya
kiṁvīrya - of what valor, of what strength
Compound type : bahuvrihi (kim+vīrya)
  • kim – what, which, who
    pronoun (neuter)
  • vīrya – valor, strength, prowess, energy, seed
    noun (neuter)
किंपराक्रमः (kiṁparākramaḥ) - of what might, of what prowess
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kiṃparākrama
kiṁparākrama - of what might, of what prowess
Compound type : bahuvrihi (kim+parākrama)
  • kim – what, which, who
    pronoun (neuter)
  • parākrama – prowess, might, valor, strength
    noun (masculine)
    Prefix: parā
    Root: kram (class 1)
यः (yaḥ) - who, which
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of yad
yad - which, who, what
त्वाम् (tvām) - you
(pronoun)
Accusative, singular of yuṣmad
yuṣmad - you (second person pronoun)
स्पृष्ट्वा (spṛṣṭvā) - having touched
(indeclinable)
absolutive (gerund)
Derived from root 'spṛś' with suffix '-tvā'
Root: spṛś (class 6)
अग्निसदृशम् (agnisadṛśam) - like fire (describing Kṛṣṇa) (fire-like, resembling fire)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of agnisadṛśa
agnisadṛśa - fire-like, resembling fire
Compound type : tatpurusha (agni+sadṛśa)
  • agni – fire, god of fire
    noun (masculine)
  • sadṛśa – like, similar, resembling, equal to
    adjective (masculine)
    Prefix: sa
    Root: dṛś (class 1)
(na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
दग्धः (dagdhaḥ) - burned, consumed, scorched
(participle)
Nominative, masculine, singular of dagdha
dah - to burn, to consume by fire
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root 'dah'
Root: dah (class 1)
शलभः (śalabhaḥ) - moth, grasshopper, locust
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of śalabha
śalabha - moth, grasshopper, locust
यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like
(indeclinable)