महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-64, verse-17

निवार्य तं महाबाहुं कोपसंरक्तलोचनम् ।
पितरं समुपातिष्ठद्धृतराष्ट्रं कृताञ्जलिः ॥१७॥

17. nivārya taṁ mahābāhuṁ kopasaṁraktalocanam ,
pitaraṁ samupātiṣṭhaddhṛtarāṣṭraṁ kṛtāñjaliḥ.

17. nivārya tam mahābāhum kopasaṃraktalocanam
pitaram samupātiṣṭhat dhṛtarāṣṭram kṛtāñjaliḥ

17. Having restrained that mighty-armed one, whose eyes were reddened with anger, he (Yudhiṣṭhira) approached his father Dhṛtarāṣṭra with joined hands.

17. לאחר שריסן את בעל הזרועות האדירות שעיניו אדומות מכעס, ניגש בכפיפת כפיים אל אביו דְהְרְטַרָאשְׁטְרַה.

Words meanings summery:

• निवार्य (nivārya) - having prevented, having restrained, having warded off

• तम् (tam) - him, that one

• महाबाहुम् (mahābāhum) - the mighty-armed one

• कोपसंरक्तलोचनम् (kopasaṁraktalocanam) - whose eyes were reddened with anger, having eyes red with rage

• पितरम् (pitaram) - father

• समुपातिष्ठत् (samupātiṣṭhat) - he stood before, he approached respectfully

• धृतराष्ट्रम् (dhṛtarāṣṭram) - Dhṛtarāṣṭra

• कृताञ्जलिः (kṛtāñjaliḥ) - with joined hands, having made an añjali (a gesture of reverence)

Words meanings and morphology

निवार्य (nivārya) - having prevented, having restrained, having warded off

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive formed from root √vṛ with prefix ni-.

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛ (class 5)

तम् (tam) - him, that one

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

महाबाहुम् (mahābāhum) - the mighty-armed one

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahābāhu

mahābāhu - mighty-armed, great-armed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bāhu)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)

कोपसंरक्तलोचनम् (kopasaṁraktalocanam) - whose eyes were reddened with anger, having eyes red with rage

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kopasaṃraktalocana

kopasaṁraktalocana - having eyes reddened with anger

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kopa+saṃrakta+locana)

• kopa – anger, wrath, rage
  noun (masculine)
• saṃrakta – thoroughly reddened, deeply colored, very fond of
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √rañj (to color) with prefix sam-.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: rañj (class 1)
• locana – eye
  noun (neuter)
  Root: loc

पितरम् (pitaram) - father

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

समुपातिष्ठत् (samupātiṣṭhat) - he stood before, he approached respectfully

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of sam-upa-ā-√sthā

Prefixes: sam+upa+ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

धृतराष्ट्रम् (dhṛtarāṣṭram) - Dhṛtarāṣṭra

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dhṛtarāṣṭra

dhṛtarāṣṭra - Dhṛtarāṣṭra (a proper name, father of the Kauravas)

कृताञ्जलिः (kṛtāñjaliḥ) - with joined hands, having made an añjali (a gesture of reverence)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛtāñjali

kṛtāñjali - one who has made an añjali (gesture of respect with joined palms)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṛta+añjali)

• kṛta – made, done, performed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √kṛ (to do, to make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• añjali – the hollow of the hands, a gesture of reverence (palms joined)
  noun (masculine)

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