महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-61, verse-62

स वै विवदनाद्भीतः सुधन्वानं व्यलोकयत् ।
तं सुधन्वाब्रवीत्क्रुद्धो ब्रह्मदण्ड इव ज्वलन् ॥६२॥

62. sa vai vivadanādbhītaḥ sudhanvānaṁ vyalokayat ,
taṁ sudhanvābravītkruddho brahmadaṇḍa iva jvalan.

62. saḥ vai vivadanāt bhītaḥ sudhanvānam vyalokayata |
tam sudhanvā abravīt kruddhaḥ brahmadaṇḍaḥ iva jvalan

62. Being afraid of the contention, he looked at Sudhanvan. Sudhanvan, blazing like Brahma's staff and enraged, spoke to him.

62. הוא חשש מהמחלוקת והביט אל סוּדְהַנְוָה. סוּדְהַנְוָה, זועם ובוער כמו מטה העונש של בְּרַהְמִין, אמר לו.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he (Prahlāda) (he, that)

• वै (vai) - indeed, truly, certainly

• विवदनात् (vivadanāt) - from arguing, from disputing, from contention

• भीतः (bhītaḥ) - frightened, afraid

• सुधन्वानम् (sudhanvānam) - to Sudhanvan

• व्यलोकयत (vyalokayata) - he looked at, observed

• तम् (tam) - him (Prahlāda) (him, that)

• सुधन्वा (sudhanvā) - Sudhanvan

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke, he said

• क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry, enraged

• ब्रह्मदण्डः (brahmadaṇḍaḥ) - Brahma's staff, symbolizing divine punishment and power (Brahma's staff, divine punishment)

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• ज्वलन् (jvalan) - blazing, shining, burning

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he (Prahlāda) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वै (vai) - indeed, truly, certainly

(indeclinable)

विवदनात् (vivadanāt) - from arguing, from disputing, from contention

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vivadana

vivadana - disputing, contention, quarrel

verbal noun

formed from root vad with prefix vi, ending -ana

Prefix: vi

Root: vad (class 1)

भीतः (bhītaḥ) - frightened, afraid

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīta

bhīta - frightened, afraid

Past Passive Participle

from root bhī ('to fear')

Root: bhī (class 3)

सुधन्वानम् (sudhanvānam) - to Sudhanvan

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sudhanvan

sudhanvan - Sudhanvan (a proper name), good archer

व्यलोकयत (vyalokayata) - he looked at, observed

(verb)

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

Prefix: vi

Root: lok (class 10)

तम् (tam) - him (Prahlāda) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

सुधन्वा (sudhanvā) - Sudhanvan

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sudhanvan

sudhanvan - Sudhanvan (a proper name), good archer

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke, he said

(verb)

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

imperfect form, with augment 'a'

Root: bru (class 2)

क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angry, enraged

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kruddha

kruddha - angry, enraged, furious

Past Passive Participle

from root krudh ('to be angry')

Root: krudh (class 4)

ब्रह्मदण्डः (brahmadaṇḍaḥ) - Brahma's staff, symbolizing divine punishment and power (Brahma's staff, divine punishment)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brahmadaṇḍa

brahmadaṇḍa - Brahma's staff, staff of a brahmin, divine punishment

Compound type : tatpurusha (brahman+daṇḍa)

• brahman – Brahma (the creator god), sacred utterance, ultimate reality (brahman)
  proper noun (masculine)
• daṇḍa – staff, rod, stick, punishment, fine, scepter
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

ज्वलन् (jvalan) - blazing, shining, burning

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jvalat

jvalat - blazing, shining, burning

Present Active Participle

from root jval ('to blaze, shine')

Root: jval (class 1)

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