महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-158, verse-5

स्फुरतश्च महाकायान्गतसत्त्वांश्च राक्षसान् ।
महाबलान्महाघोरान्भीमसेनेन पातितान् ॥५॥

5. sphurataśca mahākāyāngatasattvāṁśca rākṣasān ,
mahābalānmahāghorānbhīmasenena pātitān.

5. sphurataḥ ca mahākāyān gatasattvān ca rākṣasān
mahābalān mahāghorān bhīmasenena pātitān

5. They saw the immense-bodied Rākṣasas, tremendously powerful and exceedingly dreadful, who, though twitching, were now lifeless, having been slain by Bhimasena.

5. הם ראו גם את הרָאקְשַׁסַה גדולי הגוף, אדירי הכוח והאיומים, שבְּהִימַסֵנַה הפיל, כשהם מפרפרים וחסרי חיים.

Words meanings summery:

• स्फुरतः (sphurataḥ) - twitching (trembling, throbbing, twitching, fluttering)

• च (ca) - and

• महाकायान् (mahākāyān) - immense-bodied (of huge body, immense-bodied)

• गतसत्त्वान् (gatasattvān) - lifeless (lifeless, whose vitality has departed, unconscious)

• च (ca) - and

• राक्षसान् (rākṣasān) - Rākṣasas (demons) (demons, Rākṣasas)

• महाबलान् (mahābalān) - tremendously powerful (immensely powerful, very strong)

• महाघोरान् (mahāghorān) - exceedingly dreadful (exceedingly dreadful, very terrible)

• भीमसेनेन (bhīmasenena) - by Bhimasena

• पातितान् (pātitān) - slain (caused to fall, struck down, slain)

Words meanings and morphology

स्फुरतः (sphurataḥ) - twitching (trembling, throbbing, twitching, fluttering)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sphurat

sphurat - trembling, throbbing, quivering, flashing

present active participle

root sphur (to throb, tremble) + śatṛ suffix

Root: sphur (class 6)

Note: Participle modifying rākṣasān.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

महाकायान् (mahākāyān) - immense-bodied (of huge body, immense-bodied)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mahākāya

mahākāya - having a huge body, colossal

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+kāya)

• mahā – great, mighty, huge
  adjective
• kāya – body, collection
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adjective modifying rākṣasān.

गतसत्त्वान् (gatasattvān) - lifeless (lifeless, whose vitality has departed, unconscious)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of gatasattva

gatasattva - lifeless, senseless, whose vitality has departed

Compound type : bahuvrihi (gata+sattva)

• gata – gone, departed
  adjective
  past passive participle
  root gam (to go) + kta suffix
  Root: gam (class 1)
• sattva – being, essence, life, vitality, courage
  noun (neuter)

Note: Adjective modifying rākṣasān. Bahuvrihi compound.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

राक्षसान् (rākṣasān) - Rākṣasas (demons) (demons, Rākṣasas)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - demon, Rākṣasa (a class of mythical beings)

Note: Object of dadṛśuḥ from the previous verse (implied).

महाबलान् (mahābalān) - tremendously powerful (immensely powerful, very strong)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mahābala

mahābala - having great strength, immensely powerful

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+bala)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)

Note: Adjective modifying rākṣasān. Bahuvrihi compound.

महाघोरान् (mahāghorān) - exceedingly dreadful (exceedingly dreadful, very terrible)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mahāghora

mahāghora - very dreadful, exceedingly terrible

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ghora)

• mahā – great, mighty, intense
  adjective
• ghora – dreadful, terrible, fierce
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Adjective modifying rākṣasān. Karmadhāraya compound.

भीमसेनेन (bhīmasenena) - by Bhimasena

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhīmasena

bhīmasena - name of the second Pandava brother

Note: Agent in a passive construction (implied passive from pātitān).

पातितान् (pātitān) - slain (caused to fall, struck down, slain)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pātita

pātita - caused to fall, thrown down, slain, defeated

past passive participle (causative)

causative stem pātay- (from root pat, to fall) + kta suffix

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Past passive participle, modifying rākṣasān.

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