महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-15, verse-21

सुमुहूर्तमभूद्युद्धं तत्र मे दानवैः सह ।
वशीभूताश्च मे सर्वे भूतले च निपातिताः ॥२१॥

21. sumuhūrtamabhūdyuddhaṁ tatra me dānavaiḥ saha ,
vaśībhūtāśca me sarve bhūtale ca nipātitāḥ.

21. sumuhūrtam abhūt yuddham tatra me dānavaiḥ saha
vaśībhūtāḥ ca me sarve bhūtale ca nipātitāḥ

21. There, a battle occurred between me and the Dānavas for a very short time. All of them were brought under my control and struck down on the earth.

21. במשך זמן רב נמשך שם הקרב שלי עם בני דָאנַוַה, וכולם הובסו על ידי והושלכו אל הקרקע.

Words meanings summery:

• सुमुहूर्तम् (sumuhūrtam) - for a very short time, for an auspicious moment

• अभूत् (abhūt) - was, occurred

• युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, fight

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• मे (me) - mine, concerning me (my, to me, for me, with me)

• दानवैः (dānavaiḥ) - by the Dānavas (demons)

• सह (saha) - with, together with

• वशीभूताः (vaśībhūtāḥ) - subjugated, brought under control, overpowered

• च (ca) - and, also

• मे (me) - by me (agent of passive participles) (by me, my)

• सर्वे (sarve) - all

• भूतले (bhūtale) - on the earth's surface, on the ground

• च (ca) - and, also

• निपातिताः (nipātitāḥ) - struck down, felled, slain

Words meanings and morphology

सुमुहूर्तम् (sumuhūrtam) - for a very short time, for an auspicious moment

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sumuhūrta

sumuhūrta - a good moment, an auspicious moment, a short time

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+muhūrta)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• muhūrta – a moment, a specific division of time, an auspicious time
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used adverbially

अभूत् (abhūt) - was, occurred

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (aorist) (luṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, fight

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, fight, war

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - mine, concerning me (my, to me, for me, with me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

दानवैः (dānavaiḥ) - by the Dānavas (demons)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of dānava

dānava - a descendant of Danu, a demon, an Asura

सह (saha) - with, together with

(indeclinable)

वशीभूताः (vaśībhūtāḥ) - subjugated, brought under control, overpowered

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vaśībhūta

vaśībhūta - subjugated, brought under control, overpowered

Past Passive Participle

Derived from 'vaśa' (control) and root 'bhū' (to become).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vaśa+bhūta)

• vaśa – will, control, power, subjugation
  noun (masculine)
• bhūta – become, existed, happened
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'bhū' (to be, to become).
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'sarve' (all, referring to Dānavas)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - by me (agent of passive participles) (by me, my)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

सर्वे (sarve) - all

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Refers to the Dānavas

भूतले (bhūtale) - on the earth's surface, on the ground

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of bhūtala

bhūtala - earth's surface, ground, the world

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhūta+tala)

• bhūta – earth, element, being
  noun (neuter)
• tala – surface, plane, flat ground
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

निपातिताः (nipātitāḥ) - struck down, felled, slain

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nipātita

nipātita - struck down, felled, thrown down, slain

Past Passive Participle

Derived from prefix 'ni' + root 'pat' (to fall), in its causative form 'pātayati'.

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'sarve' (all, referring to Dānavas)

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