महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-25, verse-2

महता संनिपातेन क्षत्रियान्तकरेण ह ।
व्यजयत्पाण्डवश्रेष्ठः करे चैव न्यवेशयत् ॥२॥

2. mahatā saṁnipātena kṣatriyāntakareṇa ha ,
vyajayatpāṇḍavaśreṣṭhaḥ kare caiva nyaveśayat.

2. mahatā saṃnipātena kṣatriya-antakareṇa ha
vyajayat pāṇḍava-śreṣṭhaḥ kare ca eva nyaveśayat

2. With a great, indeed destructive, battle against kṣatriyas, the best of the Pāṇḍavas conquered them and brought them under his control.

2. והכניע אותה בעימות גדול, המשמיד לוחמים, בן פָּאנְדוּ המעולה, והטיל עליהם מס.

Words meanings summery:

• महता (mahatā) - great, mighty, extensive

• संनिपातेन (saṁnipātena) - by encounter, by collision, by battle

• क्षत्रिय-अन्तकरेण (kṣatriya-antakareṇa) - referring to the battle being destructive to kṣatriyas (by the destroyer of kṣatriyas, destructive to kṣatriyas)

• ह (ha) - Emphasizes the destructive nature of the battle. (indeed, certainly (emphatic particle))

• व्यजयत् (vyajayat) - he conquered, he defeated

• पाण्डव-श्रेष्ठः (pāṇḍava-śreṣṭhaḥ) - Arjuna (the best of the Pāṇḍavas)

• करे (kare) - under his authority/control (in hand, under control)

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

• न्यवेशयत् (nyaveśayat) - he brought them under his control (he placed, he introduced, he brought under control)

Words meanings and morphology

महता (mahatā) - great, mighty, extensive

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, extensive

Note: agrees with 'saṃnipātena'

संनिपातेन (saṁnipātena) - by encounter, by collision, by battle

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of saṃnipāta

saṁnipāta - falling together, collision, encounter, battle

from sam- + ni- + pat + -a

Prefixes: sam+ni

Root: pat (class 1)

क्षत्रिय-अन्तकरेण (kṣatriya-antakareṇa) - referring to the battle being destructive to kṣatriyas (by the destroyer of kṣatriyas, destructive to kṣatriyas)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kṣatriya-antakara

kṣatriya-antakara - destroyer of kṣatriyas, causing end to kṣatriyas

Compound type : tatpurusha (kṣatriya+antakara)

• kṣatriya – warrior, member of the kṣatriya caste
  noun (masculine)
• antakara – causing an end, destroying
  adjective (masculine)
  from anta + kṛ
  Prefix: anta
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: agrees with 'saṃnipātena'

ह (ha) - Emphasizes the destructive nature of the battle. (indeed, certainly (emphatic particle))

(indeclinable)

व्यजयत् (vyajayat) - he conquered, he defeated

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of vi-ji

Prefix: vi

Root: ji (class 1)

Note: imperfect, 3rd person singular, active voice of vi-ji

पाण्डव-श्रेष्ठः (pāṇḍava-śreṣṭhaḥ) - Arjuna (the best of the Pāṇḍavas)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍava-śreṣṭha

pāṇḍava-śreṣṭha - best of the Pāṇḍavas

Compound type : tatpurusha (pāṇḍava+śreṣṭha)

• pāṇḍava – descendant of Pāṇḍu, son of Pāṇḍu
  noun (masculine)
• śreṣṭha – best, most excellent, chief
  adjective (masculine)
  superlative of praśasya (excellent)

करे (kare) - under his authority/control (in hand, under control)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kara

kara - hand, ray, tax

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

न्यवेशयत् (nyaveśayat) - he brought them under his control (he placed, he introduced, he brought under control)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of ni-veśay

causative of ni- + viś

Prefix: ni

Root: viś (class 6)

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