महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-55, verse-17

समवेतान्हि कः पार्थान्प्रतियुध्येत भारत ।
मरुद्भिः सहितो राजन्नपि साक्षान्मरुत्पतिः ॥१७॥

17. samavetānhi kaḥ pārthānpratiyudhyeta bhārata ,
marudbhiḥ sahito rājannapi sākṣānmarutpatiḥ.

17. samavetān hi kaḥ pārthān pratiyudhyeta bhārata
marudbhiḥ sahitaḥ rājan api sākṣāt marutpatiḥ

17. Indeed, O Bhārata, who would fight against the united Pārthas (the Pāṇḍavas)? O King, not even Indra (Marutpati), accompanied directly by the Maruts (storm gods), could do so.

17. הו בְּהָארַטַה, מי יילחם בבני פָּארְתְהַה כשהם מאוחדים? אפילו אִינְדְרַה, אדון המַרוּטִים, בכבודו ובעצמו, בלוויית המַרוּטִים.

Words meanings summery:

• समवेतान् (samavetān) - the united (Pāṇḍavas) (assembled, united, gathered)

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• पार्थान् (pārthān) - the Pāṇḍavas (Pārthas, sons of Pṛthā/Kuntī)

• प्रतियुध्येत (pratiyudhyeta) - would fight against, would contend with

• भारत (bhārata) - O Dhritarashtra (a descendant of Bharata) (O descendant of Bharata)

• मरुद्भिः (marudbhiḥ) - by the Maruts (storm gods)

• सहितः (sahitaḥ) - accompanied, joined, together with

• राजन् (rājan) - O Dhritarashtra (O king)

• अपि (api) - even (emphasizing the impossibility) (even, also, too)

• साक्षात् (sākṣāt) - directly, in person, visibly

• मरुत्पतिः (marutpatiḥ) - Indra (the lord of the Maruts) (lord of the Maruts)

Words meanings and morphology

समवेतान् (samavetān) - the united (Pāṇḍavas) (assembled, united, gathered)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of samaveta

samaveta - assembled, collected, united, met

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root i (to go) with upasargas sam and ava

Prefixes: sam+ava

Root: i (class 2)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which; interrogative pronoun

पार्थान् (pārthān) - the Pāṇḍavas (Pārthas, sons of Pṛthā/Kuntī)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā (Kuntī); a name of Arjuna, Yudhishthira, Bhima etc.; a specific class of archers

Derived from Pṛthā (Kuntī) with the affix 'aṇ'

प्रतियुध्येत (pratiyudhyeta) - would fight against, would contend with

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (liṅ) of √yudh

Prefix: prati

Root: yudh (class 4)

भारत (bhārata) - O Dhritarashtra (a descendant of Bharata) (O descendant of Bharata)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, relating to Bharata; an inhabitant of Bhārata-varsha

Derived from Bharata with the affix 'aṇ'

मरुद्भिः (marudbhiḥ) - by the Maruts (storm gods)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of marut

marut - wind, air; a class of deities, the storm gods

सहितः (sahitaḥ) - accompanied, joined, together with

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sahita

sahita - accompanied by, joined with, endowed with

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sah (to bear, endure) or related to sa (with) + hita (placed)

Root: sah (class 1)

राजन् (rājan) - O Dhritarashtra (O king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

Root: rāj (class 1)

अपि (api) - even (emphasizing the impossibility) (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

साक्षात् (sākṣāt) - directly, in person, visibly

(indeclinable)

मरुत्पतिः (marutpatiḥ) - Indra (the lord of the Maruts) (lord of the Maruts)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of marutpati

marutpati - lord of the Maruts; a name for Indra

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (marut+pati)

• marut – wind, air; a class of deities, the storm gods
  noun (masculine)
• pati – lord, master, husband, owner
  noun (masculine)

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