महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-157, verse-39

गदाखड्गधनुष्पाणिः समभित्यक्तजीवितः ।
भीमसेनो महाबाहुस्तस्थौ गिरिरिवाचलः ॥३९॥

39. gadākhaḍgadhanuṣpāṇiḥ samabhityaktajīvitaḥ ,
bhīmaseno mahābāhustasthau giririvācalaḥ.

39. gadākhaḍgadhanuṣpāṇiḥ samabhityaktajīvitaḥ
bhīmasenaḥ mahābāhuḥ tasthau giriḥ iva acalaḥ

39. With mace, sword, and bow in hand, and ready to sacrifice his life, the mighty-armed Bhīmasena stood immovable like a mountain.

Words meanings summery:

• गदाखड्गधनुष्पाणिः (gadākhaḍgadhanuṣpāṇiḥ) - having a mace, sword, and bow in hand

• समभित्यक्तजीवितः (samabhityaktajīvitaḥ) - having completely abandoned life, ready to sacrifice one's life

• भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhīmasena, the second of the Pāṇḍava brothers (Bhīmasena (Bhīma))

• महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - mighty-armed, great-armed

• तस्थौ (tasthau) - he stood, remained

• गिरिः (giriḥ) - mountain, hill

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अचलः (acalaḥ) - immovable (describing Bhīmasena's stance) (immovable, steady, firm; a mountain)

Words meanings and morphology

गदाखड्गधनुष्पाणिः (gadākhaḍgadhanuṣpāṇiḥ) - having a mace, sword, and bow in hand

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gadākhaḍgadhanuṣpāṇi

gadākhaḍgadhanuṣpāṇi - one whose hand holds a mace, sword, and bow

Bahuvrihi compound: 'gadā' (mace), 'khaḍga' (sword), 'dhanuṣ' (bow) forming a Dvandva compound, and then combined with 'pāṇi' (hand) to mean 'one whose hand has these items'.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (gadā+khaḍga+dhanuṣ+pāṇi)

• gadā – mace, club
  noun (feminine)
• khaḍga – sword
  noun (masculine)
• dhanuṣ – bow
  noun (neuter)
• pāṇi – hand
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'bhīmasenaḥ'.

समभित्यक्तजीवितः (samabhityaktajīvitaḥ) - having completely abandoned life, ready to sacrifice one's life

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samabhityaktajīvita

samabhityaktajīvita - one whose life has been completely abandoned, ready to sacrifice one's life

Past Passive Participle in a compound

Bahuvrihi compound: 'jīvita' (life) is completely abandoned ('samabhityakta'). 'samabhityakta' is a PPP from sam-abhi-√tyaj (to abandon completely).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (samabhityakta+jīvita)

• samabhityakta – completely abandoned, utterly forsaken
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From the root √tyaj (to abandon) with prefixes sam- and abhi-
  Prefixes: sam+abhi
  Root: tyaj (class 1)
• jīvita – life, existence, livelihood
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle (substantivized)
  From √jīv (to live)
  Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'bhīmasenaḥ'.

भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhīmasena, the second of the Pāṇḍava brothers (Bhīmasena (Bhīma))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīmasena

bhīmasena - Bhīmasena (a proper name, particularly of the Pāṇḍava prince)

Bahuvrihi compound: 'bhīma' (terrible) + 'sena' (army) meaning 'one whose army is terrible'

Compound type : bahuvrihi (bhīma+sena)

• bhīma – terrible, dreadful, formidable
  adjective (masculine)
  From √bhī (to fear)
  Root: bhī (class 3)
• sena – army, host, weapon tip
  noun (feminine)

Note: Subject of the verb 'tasthau'.

महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - mighty-armed, great-armed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahābāhu

mahābāhu - mighty-armed, one with great arms (an epithet for powerful heroes)

Bahuvrihi compound: 'mahā' (great) + 'bāhu' (arm) meaning 'one who has great arms'

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+bāhu)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective (feminine)
  Feminine stem of 'mahat' used in compounds
• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'bhīmasenaḥ'.

तस्थौ (tasthau) - he stood, remained

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of √sthā

Perfect Tense (Liṭ)

Third person singular, active voice, perfect tense of the root √sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

गिरिः (giriḥ) - mountain, hill

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of giri

giri - mountain, hill

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

A particle used for comparison

अचलः (acalaḥ) - immovable (describing Bhīmasena's stance) (immovable, steady, firm; a mountain)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of acala

acala - immovable, steady, firm; a mountain (as that which is immovable)

Nañ-tatpuruṣa compound of 'a-' (negation) and 'cala' (moving, unsteady)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+cala)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• cala – moving, agitated, unsteady
  adjective (masculine)
  From √cal (to move)
  Root: cal (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'bhīmasenaḥ'.