महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-23, verse-17

स तानपि महेष्वासो विजित्य भरतर्षभ ।
तैरेव सहितः सर्वैः प्राग्ज्योतिषमुपाद्रवत् ॥१७॥

17. sa tānapi maheṣvāso vijitya bharatarṣabha ,
taireva sahitaḥ sarvaiḥ prāgjyotiṣamupādravat.

17. sa tān api maheṣvāsaḥ vijitya bharatarṣabha
taiḥ eva sahitaḥ sarvaiḥ prāgjyotiṣam upādravat

17. O best among the Bharatas, that great archer (Arjuna), having conquered all of them, then proceeded to Prāgjyotiṣa, accompanied by all of those (allies).

17. הו מעולה בני בְּהַרַטַה, אותו קשת גדול הכניע גם אותם, ויחד עם כולם התקדם אל פְּרָאגְג׳יוֹטִישַׁה.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - Arjuna (he, that)

• तान् (tān) - the inhabitants and kings mentioned in the previous verse (them, those)

• अपि (api) - also, even, indeed

• महेष्वासः (maheṣvāsaḥ) - Arjuna, the great archer (great archer)

• विजित्य (vijitya) - having conquered, after conquering

• भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - Addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra or Sañjaya (O best of Bharatas)

• तैः (taiḥ) - by the previously conquered inhabitants and kings (who are now allies) (by them)

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just so

• सहितः (sahitaḥ) - accompanied, joined, with

• सर्वैः (sarvaiḥ) - by all of them (the conquered allies) (by all, by everyone)

• प्राग्ज्योतिषम् (prāgjyotiṣam) - to Prāgjyotiṣa (a kingdom)

• उपाद्रवत् (upādravat) - he attacked, he proceeded to, he rushed upon

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - Arjuna (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तान् (tān) - the inhabitants and kings mentioned in the previous verse (them, those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अपि (api) - also, even, indeed

(indeclinable)

महेष्वासः (maheṣvāsaḥ) - Arjuna, the great archer (great archer)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of maheṣvāsa

maheṣvāsa - great archer, one with a mighty bow

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+iṣvāsa)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• iṣvāsa – archer, bowman (one who casts arrows)
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  From iṣu (arrow) and root as (to throw/cast).
  Root: as (class 4)

विजित्य (vijitya) - having conquered, after conquering

(indeclinable)

gerund/absolutive

vi (prefix) + root ji (to conquer) + lyap (suffix).

Prefix: vi

Root: ji (class 1)

भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - Addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra or Sañjaya (O best of Bharatas)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatarṣabha

bharatarṣabha - best of Bharatas, chief among Bharatas

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bharata+ṛṣabha)

• bharata – Bharata (an ancient king, ancestor of a famous lineage)
  proper noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, chief, best, excellent
  noun (masculine)

तैः (taiḥ) - by the previously conquered inhabitants and kings (who are now allies) (by them)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just so

(indeclinable)

सहितः (sahitaḥ) - accompanied, joined, with

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sahita

sahita - accompanied by, joined with, endowed with

Past Passive Participle

From sa (with) + root dhā (to place) -> hita. sa + hita = sahita.

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Qualifies 'sa' (Arjuna).

सर्वैः (sarvaiḥ) - by all of them (the conquered allies) (by all, by everyone)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

प्राग्ज्योतिषम् (prāgjyotiṣam) - to Prāgjyotiṣa (a kingdom)

(proper noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of prāgjyotiṣa

prāgjyotiṣa - Prāgjyotiṣa (ancient kingdom, modern Assam)

उपाद्रवत् (upādravat) - he attacked, he proceeded to, he rushed upon

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of drav

Imperfect active 3rd singular

upa + ā (prefixes) + a (augment) + drav (root) + at (ending).

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: drav (class 1)

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