महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-16, verse-18

सुरक्षितं सुगुप्तं च सर्वायुधसमन्वितम् ।
तत्पुरं भरतश्रेष्ठ यथेन्द्रभवनं तथा ॥१८॥

18. surakṣitaṁ suguptaṁ ca sarvāyudhasamanvitam ,
tatpuraṁ bharataśreṣṭha yathendrabhavanaṁ tathā.

18. surakṣitaṃ suguptaṃ ca sarvāyudhasamanvitam
tatpuram bharataśreṣṭha yathā indrabhavanaṃ tathā

18. That city (pura), O best of Bharatas (bharataśreṣṭha), was well-protected, well-concealed, and furnished with all types of weapons, just like the abode of Indra.

18. הו מיטב בני בְּהַרַטַה, אותה עיר הייתה מוגנת היטב, שמורה היטב ומצוידת בכל כלי הנשק, ממש כמו משכנו של אִינְדְרַה.

Words meanings summery:

• सुरक्षितं (surakṣitaṁ) - well-protected (well-protected, well-guarded, very safe)

• सुगुप्तं (suguptaṁ) - well-concealed (well-hidden, well-concealed, very secret)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• सर्वायुधसमन्वितम् (sarvāyudhasamanvitam) - equipped with all types of weapons (furnished with all weapons, fully armed)

• तत्पुरम् (tatpuram) - that city (that city, that town)

• भरतश्रेष्ठ (bharataśreṣṭha) - O best of Bharatas (vocative, typical address in Mahābhārata) (O best of Bharatas, O chief of Bharatas)

• यथा (yathā) - just like (as, just as, according to)

• इन्द्रभवनं (indrabhavanaṁ) - the abode of Indra (Indra's abode, Indra's palace)

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus (correlating with `yathā`) (so, thus, in that manner, similarly)

Words meanings and morphology

सुरक्षितं (surakṣitaṁ) - well-protected (well-protected, well-guarded, very safe)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of surakṣita

surakṣita - well-protected, well-guarded, very safe

Past Passive Participle

From `su-rakṣ` (to protect well)

Prefix: su

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

सुगुप्तं (suguptaṁ) - well-concealed (well-hidden, well-concealed, very secret)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sugupta

sugupta - well-hidden, well-concealed, very secret, carefully kept

Past Passive Participle

From `su-gup` (to protect well, to hide well)

Prefix: su

Root: gup (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

सर्वायुधसमन्वितम् (sarvāyudhasamanvitam) - equipped with all types of weapons (furnished with all weapons, fully armed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sarvāyudhasamanvita

sarvāyudhasamanvita - furnished with all weapons, fully armed

Compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sarva+āyudha+samanvita)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun (masculine)
• āyudha – weapon, implement, tool
  noun (neuter)
• samanvita – accompanied by, furnished with, endowed with, possessed of
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From `sam-anu-i` (to go along with)
  Prefixes: sam+anu
  Root: i (class 2)

तत्पुरम् (tatpuram) - that city (that city, that town)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tatpura

tatpura - that city, that town

Compound of `tad` (that) + `pura` (city)

Compound type : tatpurusha (tad+pura)

• tad – that, it
  pronoun (neuter)
• pura – city, town, stronghold
  noun (neuter)

भरतश्रेष्ठ (bharataśreṣṭha) - O best of Bharatas (vocative, typical address in Mahābhārata) (O best of Bharatas, O chief of Bharatas)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharataśreṣṭha

bharataśreṣṭha - best of Bharatas, chief of the Bharatas

Compound noun

Compound type : tatpurusha (bharata+śreṣṭha)

• bharata – descendant of Bharata, an ancient king; a name for Indians
  proper noun (masculine)
• śreṣṭha – best, most excellent, chief, supreme
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative of praśasya (excellent)

यथा (yathā) - just like (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)

Derived from the pronominal stem `ya`

इन्द्रभवनं (indrabhavanaṁ) - the abode of Indra (Indra's abode, Indra's palace)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of indrabhavana

indrabhavana - Indra's abode, Indra's palace, heaven

Compound of `indra` (Indra) + `bhavana` (abode)

Compound type : tatpurusha (indra+bhavana)

• indra – Indra (king of gods)
  proper noun (masculine)
• bhavana – abode, dwelling, house, palace, origin
  noun (neuter)
  Action noun
  From root `bhū` (to be, to exist)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus (correlating with `yathā`) (so, thus, in that manner, similarly)

(indeclinable)

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