महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-120, verse-8

तस्यास्त्रवर्षाण्यहमुत्तमास्त्रैर्विहत्य सर्वाणि रणेऽभिभूय ।
कायाच्छिरः सर्पविषाग्निकल्पैः शरोत्तमैरुन्मथितास्मि राम ॥८॥

8. tasyāstravarṣāṇyahamuttamāstrai;rvihatya sarvāṇi raṇe'bhibhūya ,
kāyācchiraḥ sarpaviṣāgnikalpaiḥ; śarottamairunmathitāsmi rāma.

8. tasya astravarṣāṇi aham uttamāstraiḥ
vihatya sarvāṇi raṇe abhibhūya
kāyāt śiraḥ sarpaviṣāgnikalpaiḥ
śarottamaiḥ unmathitā asmi rāma

8. O Rāma, I had repelled all his showers of weapons with my excellent weapons and had overpowered him in battle, but then I was struck down—my head severed from my body—by his supreme arrows, which were like the venom of a serpent and like fire.

8. אני, אחרי שאנפץ בנשקי המשובח את כל מטרי חציו ואגבר עליו בקרב, אקטום, הו רָאמַה, את ראשו מגופו בחצים משובחים שהם כארס נחשים ואש.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्य (tasya) - his (referring to the opponent) (his, her, its, of that)

• अस्त्रवर्षाणि (astravarṣāṇi) - showers of his weapons (showers of weapons, torrents of missiles)

• अहम् (aham) - I (the speaker) (I)

• उत्तमास्त्रैः (uttamāstraiḥ) - with my excellent weapons (with excellent weapons, with supreme missiles)

• विहत्य (vihatya) - having repelled (having struck, having destroyed, having repelled)

• सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all (the showers of weapons) (all, entire)

• रणे (raṇe) - in battle (in battle, in combat)

• अभिभूय (abhibhūya) - having overpowered (having overcome, having overpowered)

• कायात् (kāyāt) - from the body

• शिरः (śiraḥ) - head

• सर्पविषाग्निकल्पैः (sarpaviṣāgnikalpaiḥ) - like the venom of a serpent and like fire (like snake poison and fire)

• शरोत्तमैः (śarottamaiḥ) - with his supreme arrows (with excellent arrows, with supreme arrows)

• उन्मथिता (unmathitā) - struck down, severed (struck down, crushed, severed (feminine form))

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• राम (rāma) - O Rāma (vocative) (Rāma)

Words meanings and morphology

तस्य (tasya) - his (referring to the opponent) (his, her, its, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अस्त्रवर्षाणि (astravarṣāṇi) - showers of his weapons (showers of weapons, torrents of missiles)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of astravarṣa

astravarṣa - shower of weapons, rain of missiles

Compound type : tatpurusha (astra+varṣa)

• astra – weapon, missile
  noun (neuter)
  Root: as (class 4)
• varṣa – rain, shower
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I (the speaker) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of mad

mad - I

उत्तमास्त्रैः (uttamāstraiḥ) - with my excellent weapons (with excellent weapons, with supreme missiles)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of uttamāstra

uttamāstra - excellent weapon, supreme missile

Compound type : karmadharaya (uttama+astra)

• uttama – best, excellent, supreme
  adjective (masculine)
  superlative of ud-
  Root: ud
• astra – weapon, missile
  noun (neuter)
  Root: as (class 4)

विहत्य (vihatya) - having repelled (having struck, having destroyed, having repelled)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

derived from root han with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: han (class 2)

सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all (the showers of weapons) (all, entire)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: modifies astravarṣāṇi

रणे (raṇe) - in battle (in battle, in combat)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of raṇa

raṇa - battle, war, combat

Root: raṇ (class 1)

अभिभूय (abhibhūya) - having overpowered (having overcome, having overpowered)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

derived from root bhū with prefix abhi

Prefix: abhi

Root: bhū (class 1)

कायात् (kāyāt) - from the body

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kāya

kāya - body, trunk

शिरः (śiraḥ) - head

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śiras

śiras - head, skull, top

Note: Can be nominative or accusative. Here accusative, direct object of implied verb with unmathitā asmi.

सर्पविषाग्निकल्पैः (sarpaviṣāgnikalpaiḥ) - like the venom of a serpent and like fire (like snake poison and fire)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sarpaviṣāgnikalpa

sarpaviṣāgnikalpa - resembling snake poison and fire

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sarpa+viṣa+agni+kalpa)

• sarpa – serpent, snake
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sṛp (class 1)
• viṣa – poison, venom
  noun (neuter)
  Root: viṣ (class 3)
• agni – fire
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ag
• kalpa – like, resembling, similar to
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: modifies śarottamaiḥ

शरोत्तमैः (śarottamaiḥ) - with his supreme arrows (with excellent arrows, with supreme arrows)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śarottama

śarottama - excellent arrow, supreme arrow

Compound type : karmadharaya (śara+uttama)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śṝ (class 9)
• uttama – best, excellent, supreme
  adjective (masculine)
  superlative of ud-
  Root: ud

उन्मथिता (unmathitā) - struck down, severed (struck down, crushed, severed (feminine form))

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of unmathita

unmathita - crushed, churned, destroyed, struck down

Past Passive Participle

derived from root math with prefix ud

Prefix: ud

Root: math (class 9)

Note: Agrees with aham (feminine speaker implied by -ā ending)

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Used as copula with past passive participle

राम (rāma) - O Rāma (vocative) (Rāma)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (proper name), pleasing, dark-colored

Root: ram (class 1)

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