महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-36, verse-14

स्थितः सेनापतिर्वोऽहं मन्यध्वं किं नु सांप्रतम् ।
युधि तिष्ठाम संनह्य समेतान्वृष्णिपाण्डवान् ॥१४॥

14. sthitaḥ senāpatirvo'haṁ manyadhvaṁ kiṁ nu sāṁpratam ,
yudhi tiṣṭhāma saṁnahya sametānvṛṣṇipāṇḍavān.

14. sthitaḥ senāpatiḥ vaḥ aham manyadhvam kim nu sāṃpratam
yudhi tiṣṭhāma saṃnahya sametān vṛṣṇipāṇḍavān

14. I am your general; what do you all think now? Having prepared ourselves, let us stand in battle against the assembled Vṛṣṇis and Pāṇḍavas!

14. אני עומד כמפקד שלכם, מה אתם חושבים עכשיו? נתכונן ונעמוד בקרב מול בני וְרְשְׁנִי ובני פָּאנְדַוַה שהתאספו.

Words meanings summery:

• स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - standing, placed, existing, being

• सेनापतिः (senāpatiḥ) - commander of an army, general

• वः (vaḥ) - your, to you, of you

• अहम् (aham) - I

• मन्यध्वम् (manyadhvam) - think, consider, believe (you all)

• किम् (kim) - interrogative particle (what?, why?, whether)

• नु (nu) - then (emphasizing the interrogative) (indeed, now, then, an interrogative particle)

• सांप्रतम् (sāṁpratam) - now (referring to the current moment) (now, at present, suitably, appropriately)

• युधि (yudhi) - in battle, in fight

• तिष्ठाम (tiṣṭhāma) - let us take a stand (in battle) (let us stand, let us remain)

• संनह्य (saṁnahya) - having prepared ourselves (for battle) (having armed, having prepared, having arrayed)

• समेतान् (sametān) - assembled, united, met

• वृष्णिपाण्डवान् (vṛṣṇipāṇḍavān) - the Vṛṣṇis and the Pāṇḍavas

Words meanings and morphology

स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - standing, placed, existing, being

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, situated, firm, existing

Past Passive Participle

From root sthā (to stand) + suffix kta.

Root: sthā (class 1)

सेनापतिः (senāpatiḥ) - commander of an army, general

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of senāpati

senāpati - commander of an army, general

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (senā+pati)

• senā – army, host
  noun (feminine)
• pati – master, lord, husband, chief
  noun (masculine)

Note: Predicate nominative for aham.

वः (vaḥ) - your, to you, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (plural)

Enclitic pronominal form.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

First person singular pronoun.

Note: Refers to Sunītha.

मन्यध्वम् (manyadhvam) - think, consider, believe (you all)

(verb)

2nd person , plural, middle, imperative (lot) of man

From root man (class 4, manyate).

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Direct address to the kings.

किम् (kim) - interrogative particle (what?, why?, whether)

(indeclinable)

Interrogative pronoun/adverb.

नु (nu) - then (emphasizing the interrogative) (indeed, now, then, an interrogative particle)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

सांप्रतम् (sāṁpratam) - now (referring to the current moment) (now, at present, suitably, appropriately)

(indeclinable)

From samprati (at present) + aṇ suffix.

Note: Adverbial accusative.

युधि (yudhi) - in battle, in fight

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of yudh

yudh - battle, fight, war

Root noun.

Root: yudh (class 4)

तिष्ठाम (tiṣṭhāma) - let us take a stand (in battle) (let us stand, let us remain)

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, imperative (lot) of sthā

From root sthā (class 1, tiṣṭhati).

Root: sthā (class 1)

संनह्य (saṁnahya) - having prepared ourselves (for battle) (having armed, having prepared, having arrayed)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

From sam + root nah (to bind, to arm) + suffix lyaP.

Prefix: sam

Root: nah (class 4)

समेतान् (sametān) - assembled, united, met

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sameta

sameta - assembled, united, met, approached

Past Passive Participle

From sam + i (to go) + suffix kta. i becomes eta.

Prefix: sam

Root: i (class 2)

वृष्णिपाण्डवान् (vṛṣṇipāṇḍavān) - the Vṛṣṇis and the Pāṇḍavas

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vṛṣṇipāṇḍava

vṛṣṇipāṇḍava - the Vṛṣṇis and the Pāṇḍavas

Compound type : dvandva (vṛṣṇi+pāṇḍava)

• vṛṣṇi – Vṛṣṇi (name of a Yādava clan)
  proper noun (masculine)
• pāṇḍava – Pāṇḍava (descendant of Pāṇḍu)
  proper noun (masculine)

Note: Object of implied verb of confrontation/standing against.

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