महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-152, verse-18

तेषां स मार्गान्विविधान्महात्मा निहत्य शस्त्राणि च शात्रवाणाम् ।
यथाप्रवीरान्निजघान वीरः परःशतान्पुष्करिणीसमीपे ॥१८॥

18. teṣāṁ sa mārgānvividhānmahātmā; nihatya śastrāṇi ca śātravāṇām ,
yathāpravīrānnijaghāna vīraḥ; paraḥśatānpuṣkariṇīsamīpe.

18. teṣām saḥ mārgān vividhān mahātmā
nihatya śastrāṇi ca śātravāṇām
yathāpravīrān nijaghāna
vīraḥ paraḥśatān puṣkariṇīsamīpe

18. The great-souled hero (mahātmā), having destroyed their various strategies and the enemies' weapons, slew hundreds of their principal warriors near the lotus pond.

18. הגיבור בעל הנפש הגדולה סיכל את התקפותיהם השונות ואת כלי הנשק של אויביו, והרג כפי שראוי מאות מגיבוריהם הראשיים ליד הבריכה.

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of the enemies (referring to the opponents) (of them, their)

• सः (saḥ) - the hero (referring to the protagonist) (he, that one)

• मार्गान् (mārgān) - strategies, approaches (paths, ways, means)

• विविधान् (vividhān) - various (strategies/approaches) (various, manifold)

• महात्मा (mahātmā) - the great-souled hero (great-souled, noble, a great person)

• निहत्य (nihatya) - having destroyed (the strategies/weapons) (having killed, having destroyed)

• शस्त्राणि (śastrāṇi) - enemies' weapons (weapons)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• शात्रवाणाम् (śātravāṇām) - of the enemies (of enemies, hostile)

• यथाप्रवीरान् (yathāpravīrān) - principal warriors (chief warriors, as many as were brave)

• निजघान (nijaghāna) - slew (he killed, he struck down)

• वीरः (vīraḥ) - the hero (referring to the protagonist, in apposition to mahātmā) (hero, brave man)

• परःशतान् (paraḥśatān) - hundreds (of principal warriors) (hundreds, exceeding a hundred)

• पुष्करिणीसमीपे (puṣkariṇīsamīpe) - near the lotus pond (near a lotus pond)

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of the enemies (referring to the opponents) (of them, their)

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: masculine/neuter genitive plural

सः (saḥ) - the hero (referring to the protagonist) (he, that one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मार्गान् (mārgān) - strategies, approaches (paths, ways, means)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mārga

mārga - road, path, way, means, method, course

विविधान् (vividhān) - various (strategies/approaches) (various, manifold)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vividha

vividha - various, manifold, diverse

Note: Agrees with mārgān

महात्मा (mahātmā) - the great-souled hero (great-souled, noble, a great person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, high-minded, noble; a great person, an exalted person

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature
  noun (masculine)

Note: refers to the main hero

निहत्य (nihatya) - having destroyed (the strategies/weapons) (having killed, having destroyed)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

prefix ni + root han + suffix -tya

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

शस्त्राणि (śastrāṇi) - enemies' weapons (weapons)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of śastra

śastra - weapon, tool

Note: Also nominative plural form. Accusative here, object of nihatya.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

शात्रवाणाम् (śātravāṇām) - of the enemies (of enemies, hostile)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śātrava

śātrava - hostile, belonging to an enemy; an enemy

यथाप्रवीरान् (yathāpravīrān) - principal warriors (chief warriors, as many as were brave)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of yathāpravīra

yathāpravīra - chief warrior; as brave as

Compound type : bahuvrihi (yathā+pravīra)

• yathā – as, according to, in such a manner as
  indeclinable
• pravīra – chief, leader, excellent warrior
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: pra

Note: Object of nijaghāna

निजघान (nijaghāna) - slew (he killed, he struck down)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of han

perfect active

root han, 3rd person singular, perfect tense, active voice

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Derived from ni + han

वीरः (vīraḥ) - the hero (referring to the protagonist, in apposition to mahātmā) (hero, brave man)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, brave man, warrior

परःशतान् (paraḥśatān) - hundreds (of principal warriors) (hundreds, exceeding a hundred)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of paraḥśata

paraḥśata - exceeding a hundred, hundreds of

Compound type : tatpurusha (paras+śata)

• paras – beyond, over, more than
  indeclinable
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)

Note: Modifies yathāpravīrān.

पुष्करिणीसमीपे (puṣkariṇīsamīpe) - near the lotus pond (near a lotus pond)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of puṣkariṇīsamīpa

puṣkariṇīsamīpa - near a lotus pond

Compound type : tatpurusha (puṣkariṇī+samīpa)

• puṣkariṇī – lotus pond, pond with lotuses
  noun (feminine)
• samīpa – near, proximity, vicinity
  noun (neuter)

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