महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-163, verse-23

एष ते निशितैर्बाणैर्दर्पं हन्मि स्थिरो भव ।
स वर्ष्मवान्महाकायस्ततो मामभ्यधावत ॥२३॥

23. eṣa te niśitairbāṇairdarpaṁ hanmi sthiro bhava ,
sa varṣmavānmahākāyastato māmabhyadhāvata.

23. eṣa te niśitaiḥ bāṇaiḥ darpaṃ hanmi sthiraḥ bhava
sa varṣmavān mahākāyaḥ tataḥ mām abhyadhāvata

23. Indeed, I will destroy your pride (darpa) with these sharp arrows; stand firm! Then, that massive and corpulent being rushed towards me.

23. הנה, בחצים חדים אשבור את גאוותך, עמוד איתן. ואז הוא, בעל גוף גדול ומבנה עצום, התנפל עליי.

Words meanings summery:

• एष (eṣa) - this, this one (masculine)

• ते (te) - your, to you, for you

• निशितैः (niśitaiḥ) - sharp, whetted, sharpened

• बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - by arrows

• दर्पं (darpaṁ) - pride, arrogance, haughtiness

• हन्मि (hanmi) - I kill, I strike, I destroy

• स्थिरः (sthiraḥ) - firm, steady, stable

• भव (bhava) - be, become

• स (sa) - he, that

• वर्ष्मवान् (varṣmavān) - corpulent, having a body, stout

• महाकायः (mahākāyaḥ) - great-bodied, enormous, huge

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from there

• माम् (mām) - me

• अभ्यधावत (abhyadhāvata) - he rushed towards

Words meanings and morphology

एष (eṣa) - this, this one (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etas

etas - this, this one

ते (te) - your, to you, for you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular), you (plural)

निशितैः (niśitaiḥ) - sharp, whetted, sharpened

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of niśita

niśita - sharp, whetted, sharpened

past passive participle

Derived from root śā (to sharpen) with prefix ni-.

Prefix: ni

Root: śā (class 4)

बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - by arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

दर्पं (darpaṁ) - pride, arrogance, haughtiness

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of darpa

darpa - pride, arrogance, haughtiness

Root: dṛp (class 4)

हन्मि (hanmi) - I kill, I strike, I destroy

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of han

Root: han (class 2)

स्थिरः (sthiraḥ) - firm, steady, stable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthira

sthira - firm, steady, stable, constant

Root: sthā (class 1)

भव (bhava) - be, become

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

स (sa) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - he, she, it, that

वर्ष्मवान् (varṣmavān) - corpulent, having a body, stout

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of varṣmatvat

varṣmatvat - possessing a body, corpulent, strong, having bulk

Derived from varṣman (body, bulk) with the possessive suffix -vat.

महाकायः (mahākāyaḥ) - great-bodied, enormous, huge

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahākāya

mahākāya - having a great body, enormous, gigantic

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+kāya)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• kāya – body, heap, collection
  noun (masculine)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from there

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

अभ्यधावत (abhyadhāvata) - he rushed towards

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of dhāv

Prefix: abhi

Root: dhāv (class 1)

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