महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-21, verse-15

ततः शब्देन महता भर्त्सयन्तौ परस्परम् ।
पाषाणसंघातनिभैः प्रहारैरभिजघ्नतुः ॥१५॥

15. tataḥ śabdena mahatā bhartsayantau parasparam ,
pāṣāṇasaṁghātanibhaiḥ prahārairabhijaghnatuḥ.

15. tataḥ śabdena mahatā bhartsayantau parasparam
pāṣāṇasaṃghātanibhaiḥ prahāraiḥ abhijaghnatuḥ

15. Then, threatening each other with a great roar, they struck each other with blows that resembled masses of rock.

15. אז, בקול גדול של איום זה על זה, הכו זה את זה במכות שהיו כמו הרים שנופלים זה על זה.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

• शब्देन (śabdena) - with a great roar (with sound, by means of sound, with noise)

• महता (mahatā) - with great, mighty, large

• भर्त्सयन्तौ (bhartsayantau) - threatening, reproaching, scolding (the two of them)

• परस्परम् (parasparam) - each other, mutually, reciprocally

• पाषाणसंघातनिभैः (pāṣāṇasaṁghātanibhaiḥ) - with those resembling a mass of rocks, like piles of stones

• प्रहारैः (prahāraiḥ) - with blows, with strikes, with attacks

• अभिजघ्नतुः (abhijaghnatuḥ) - they struck, they hit

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

शब्देन (śabdena) - with a great roar (with sound, by means of sound, with noise)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śabda

śabda - sound, noise, word

महता (mahatā) - with great, mighty, large

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, mighty, large, eminent

Note: Agrees with 'śabdena'

भर्त्सयन्तौ (bhartsayantau) - threatening, reproaching, scolding (the two of them)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of bhartsayat

bhartsayat - threatening, scolding, reproaching

Present Active Participle (causative)

Derived from the causative stem of root √bharts (to threaten)

Root: bharts (class 10)

Note: Adverbial participle modifying the verb 'abhijaghnatuḥ'

परस्परम् (parasparam) - each other, mutually, reciprocally

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of paraspara

paraspara - each other, mutual, reciprocal

पाषाणसंघातनिभैः (pāṣāṇasaṁghātanibhaiḥ) - with those resembling a mass of rocks, like piles of stones

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pāṣāṇasaṃghātanibha

pāṣāṇasaṁghātanibha - resembling a mass of rocks

Compound type : bahuvrihi (pāṣāṇa+saṃghāta+nibha)

• pāṣāṇa – rock, stone
  noun (masculine)
• saṃghāta – mass, collection, aggregation, pile, multitude
  noun (masculine)
  Action noun from √han (to strike) with prefix sam
  Prefix: sam
  Root: han (class 2)
• nibha – resembling, like, similar to
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'prahāraiḥ'

प्रहारैः (prahāraiḥ) - with blows, with strikes, with attacks

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of prahāra

prahāra - blow, strike, attack, hit

Action noun from √hṛ (to seize) with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: hṛ (class 1)

अभिजघ्नतुः (abhijaghnatuḥ) - they struck, they hit

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, perfect (lit) of abhi-han

Prefix: abhi

Root: han (class 2)

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