महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-134, verse-35

बन्द्युवाच ।
शितेन ते परशुना स्वयमेवान्तको नृप ।
शिरांस्यपाहरत्वाजौ रिपूणां भद्रमस्तु ते ॥३५॥

35. bandyuvāca ,
śitena te paraśunā svayamevāntako nṛpa ,
śirāṁsyapāharatvājau ripūṇāṁ bhadramastu te.

35. bandī uvāca śitena te paraśunā svayam eva antakaḥ
nṛpa śirāṃsi apāharatvā ājau ripūṇām bhadram astu te

35. Bandī said: O King, may the Destroyer himself, with your sharp axe, having taken away the heads of your enemies in battle, may prosperity be yours.

Words meanings summery:

• बन्दी (bandī) - Bandī (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• शितेन (śitena) - by the sharp, by the sharpened

• ते (te) - your

• परशुना (paraśunā) - by the axe

• स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by oneself, personally

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• अन्तकः (antakaḥ) - the ender, destroyer, Death (Yama)

• नृप (nṛpa) - O King

• शिरांसि (śirāṁsi) - heads

• अपाहरत्वा (apāharatvā) - having taken away, having removed

• आजौ (ājau) - in battle, in combat

• रिपूणाम् (ripūṇām) - of enemies

• भद्रम् (bhadram) - good fortune, welfare, auspiciousness

• अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

• ते (te) - to you, for you

Words meanings and morphology

बन्दी (bandī) - Bandī (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bandin

bandin - bard, panegyrist; proper name of a sage, son of Janaka

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect Tense

ḷiṭ, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

शितेन (śitena) - by the sharp, by the sharpened

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śita

śita - sharp, whetted, sharpened, keen

Past Passive Participle

from root `śo` (to sharpen) or `śi` (to sharpen)

Root: śo (class 4)

ते (te) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

परशुना (paraśunā) - by the axe

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of paraśu

paraśu - axe, hatchet

u-stem noun

स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, by oneself, personally

(indeclinable)

reflexive pronoun adverbialized

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

emphatic particle

अन्तकः (antakaḥ) - the ender, destroyer, Death (Yama)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of antaka

antaka - ender, terminator, destroyer; epithet of Yama (god of death)

from `anta` (end) + `ka` (suffix)

नृप (nṛpa) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, ruler (literally 'man-protector')

`nṛ` (man) + `pa` (protector, from root `pā`)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nṛ+pa)

• nṛ – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• pa – protector, guardian
  noun (masculine)
  from root `pā` (to protect)
  Root: pā (class 2)

शिरांसि (śirāṁsi) - heads

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of śiras

śiras - head, skull, top

s-stem neuter noun

अपाहरत्वा (apāharatvā) - having taken away, having removed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

from root `hṛ` (to take) with prefix `apa` and suffix `tvā`; unusual form compared to `apāhṛtvā`

Prefix: apa

Root: hṛ (class 1)

आजौ (ājau) - in battle, in combat

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of āji

āji - battle, combat, contest, struggle

i-stem noun

रिपूणाम् (ripūṇām) - of enemies

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of ripu

ripu - enemy, foe, antagonist

u-stem noun

भद्रम् (bhadram) - good fortune, welfare, auspiciousness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhadra

bhadra - good, auspicious, blessed, prosperous; welfare, good fortune

अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of as

Imperative Mood

loṭ, 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: as (class 2)

ते (te) - to you, for you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)