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.

35. בַּנְדִי אמר, הו מלך, שהמוות עצמו יכרות בגרזן החד שלך את ראשי אויביך בקרב. שיהיה לך טוב.

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)

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