महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-33, verse-19

अहो बत महद्भूतं स्वयंभूर्यदिदं स्वयम् ।
आदास्यति पुनः क्षत्रमेवं बलसमन्वितम् ॥१९॥

19. aho bata mahadbhūtaṁ svayaṁbhūryadidaṁ svayam ,
ādāsyati punaḥ kṣatramevaṁ balasamanvitam.

19. aho bata mahat bhūtam svayambhūḥ yadi idam svayam
ādāsyati punaḥ kṣatram evam balasamanvitam

19. Oh, alas (aho bata)! What a great (mahat) and astonishing (bhūtam) thing it is, if (yadi) this Self-existent One (svayambhūḥ) Himself (svayam) will again (punar) take away (ādāsyati) the Kṣatriya class (kṣatram) which is thus (evam) endowed with such power (balasamanvitam)!

19. הו, כמה מופלא הדבר, שהאל סְוַאיַמְבְּהוּ בעצמו יקבל אליו שוב את מעמד הלוחמים בעל העוצמה הזאת.

Words meanings summery:

• अहो (aho) - oh!, alas!, ah!

• बत (bata) - Expressing regret or wonder. (alas!, oh!, indeed)

• महत् (mahat) - great, large, powerful, important

• भूतम् (bhūtam) - An astonishing or wonderful event/thing. (being, creature, element, event, past, wonder)

• स्वयम्भूः (svayambhūḥ) - The Supreme Being, here referring to Narayana/Krishna. (self-existent, self-born, Brahma)

• यदि (yadi) - if, in case that

• इदम् (idam) - this, this one

• स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, personally, by itself

• आदास्यति (ādāsyati) - Will remove or destroy. (will take, will take away, will grasp)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, furthermore, moreover

• क्षत्रम् (kṣatram) - The Kṣatriya class or warrior caste. (kshatriya class, royalty, dominion, power)

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• बलसमन्वितम् (balasamanvitam) - endowed with strength, possessed of power

Words meanings and morphology

अहो (aho) - oh!, alas!, ah!

(indeclinable)

बत (bata) - Expressing regret or wonder. (alas!, oh!, indeed)

(indeclinable)

महत् (mahat) - great, large, powerful, important

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, powerful, important

भूतम् (bhūtam) - An astonishing or wonderful event/thing. (being, creature, element, event, past, wonder)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, event, past, wonder

Past Passive Participle

From root 'bhū' (to be, become).

Root: bhū (class 1)

स्वयम्भूः (svayambhūḥ) - The Supreme Being, here referring to Narayana/Krishna. (self-existent, self-born, Brahma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svayambhū

svayambhū - self-existent, self-born, Brahma

Compound type : bahuvrihi (svayam+bhū)

• svayam – oneself, personally, spontaneously
  indeclinable
• bhū – being, existing, born
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'bhū' (to be, become).
  Root: bhū (class 1)

यदि (yadi) - if, in case that

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, personally, by itself

(indeclinable)

आदास्यति (ādāsyati) - Will remove or destroy. (will take, will take away, will grasp)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of ādā

Future tense, Active voice

From root 'dā' (to give/take) with prefix 'ā'. Class 3 (Juhotyādi) verb.

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, furthermore, moreover

(indeclinable)

क्षत्रम् (kṣatram) - The Kṣatriya class or warrior caste. (kshatriya class, royalty, dominion, power)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kṣatra

kṣatra - kshatriya class, royalty, dominion, power, rule

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

बलसमन्वितम् (balasamanvitam) - endowed with strength, possessed of power

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of balasamanvita

balasamanvita - endowed with strength, possessed of power

Compound type : tatpurusha (bala+samanvita)

• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)
• samanvita – endowed with, possessed of, accompanied by
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'i' (to go) with prefixes 'sam' and 'anu'.
  Prefixes: sam+anu
  Root: i (class 2)

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