महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-19, verse-21

स्नातकव्रतिनस्ते तु बाहुशस्त्रा निरायुधाः ।
युयुत्सवः प्रविविशुर्जरासंधेन भारत ॥२१॥

21. snātakavratinaste tu bāhuśastrā nirāyudhāḥ ,
yuyutsavaḥ praviviśurjarāsaṁdhena bhārata.

21. snātakavratinaḥ te tu bāhuśastrāḥ nirāyudhāḥ
yuyutsavaḥ praviviśuḥ jarāsaṃdhena bhārata

21. O Bhārata, those who had completed their student vows entered. Although they were unarmed, their powerful arms served as their weapons, and they were eager to fight Jarāsaṃdha.

21. הם, שנשאו את נדרי הסְנָאטַקַה (בוגרי לימודים וודיים), חמושים רק בזרועותיהם וללא כלי נשק, ורצו להילחם, נכנסו אל ג׳ַרָאסַנְדְהַה, הו בְּהָארַטַה.

Words meanings summery:

• स्नातकव्रतिनः (snātakavratinaḥ) - Krishna, Bhima, and Arjuna, presenting themselves as brahmins who have completed their sacred student vows. (those who observe the vow of a snātaka (one who has completed Vedic study))

• ते (te) - Krishna, Bhima, and Arjuna. (they)

• तु (tu) - Emphasizes the contrast or adds an explanatory nuance. (but, indeed, on the other hand)

• बाहुशस्त्राः (bāhuśastrāḥ) - Their own powerful physical arms were their only 'weapons', contrasting with their unarmed appearance. (having arms as weapons)

• निरायुधाः (nirāyudhāḥ) - They entered without any conventional weapons. (unarmed, weaponless)

• युयुत्सवः (yuyutsavaḥ) - Krishna, Bhima, and Arjuna were eager to engage Jarāsaṃdha in battle. (desirous of fighting, eager to fight)

• प्रविविशुः (praviviśuḥ) - Krishna, Bhima, and Arjuna entered the city of Jarāsaṃdha. (they entered)

• जरासंधेन (jarāsaṁdhena) - To fight or confront Jarāsaṃdha. The instrumental case here indicates the object or purpose of their desire to fight. (by Jarāsaṃdha / regarding Jarāsaṃdha)

• भारत (bhārata) - An address to Dhṛtarāṣṭra (or Janamejaya in some contexts). (O descendant of Bharata)

Words meanings and morphology

स्नातकव्रतिनः (snātakavratinaḥ) - Krishna, Bhima, and Arjuna, presenting themselves as brahmins who have completed their sacred student vows. (those who observe the vow of a snātaka (one who has completed Vedic study))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of snātakavratin

snātakavratin - one who observes the vow of a snātaka

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (snātaka+vratin)

• snātaka – one who has bathed (after completing Vedic study), a student who has completed his sacred studies
  noun (masculine)
  Root: snā (class 2)
• vratin – one who observes a vow, an ascetic, a religious student
  noun (masculine)

Note: From snātakavratin (stem).

ते (te) - Krishna, Bhima, and Arjuna. (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तु (tu) - Emphasizes the contrast or adds an explanatory nuance. (but, indeed, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

बाहुशस्त्राः (bāhuśastrāḥ) - Their own powerful physical arms were their only 'weapons', contrasting with their unarmed appearance. (having arms as weapons)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bāhuśastra

bāhuśastra - having arms as weapons

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bāhu+śastra)

• bāhu – arm, fore-arm
  noun (masculine)
• śastra – weapon, missile, sword, knife
  noun (neuter)
  Root: śas (class 2)

Note: Used adjectivally to describe 'they'.

निरायुधाः (nirāyudhāḥ) - They entered without any conventional weapons. (unarmed, weaponless)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nirāyudha

nirāyudha - unarmed, weaponless

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+āyudha)

• nis – without, out, free from
  indeclinable
• āyudha – weapon, implement, tool
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: Used adjectivally to describe 'they'.

युयुत्सवः (yuyutsavaḥ) - Krishna, Bhima, and Arjuna were eager to engage Jarāsaṃdha in battle. (desirous of fighting, eager to fight)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yuyutsu

yuyutsu - desirous of fighting, eager to fight

desiderative adjective

Derived from the desiderative stem of root 'yudh' + 'u'.

Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: Used adjectivally to describe 'they'.

प्रविविशुः (praviviśuḥ) - Krishna, Bhima, and Arjuna entered the city of Jarāsaṃdha. (they entered)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (liṭ) of pravis

Perfect (Liṭ) 3rd person plural active.

Prefixes: pra+vis

Root: viś (class 6)

जरासंधेन (jarāsaṁdhena) - To fight or confront Jarāsaṃdha. The instrumental case here indicates the object or purpose of their desire to fight. (by Jarāsaṃdha / regarding Jarāsaṃdha)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of jarāsaṃdha

jarāsaṁdha - Name of a powerful king of Magadha, adversary of Krishna.

Note: Instrumental case often used to express purpose or object in certain contexts, here 'to fight Jarāsaṃdha'.

भारत (bhārata) - An address to Dhṛtarāṣṭra (or Janamejaya in some contexts). (O descendant of Bharata)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, relating to Bharata

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