महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-165, verse-23

स शङ्खी कवची बाणी प्रगृहीतशरासनः ।
दानवालयमत्युग्रं प्रयातोऽस्मि युयुत्सया ॥२३॥

23. sa śaṅkhī kavacī bāṇī pragṛhītaśarāsanaḥ ,
dānavālayamatyugraṁ prayāto'smi yuyutsayā.

23. sa śaṅkhī kavacī bāṇī pragṛhītaśarāsanaḥ
dānavālayam ati ugram prayātaḥ asmi yuyutsayā

23. I, bearing a conch, wearing armor, equipped with arrows, and holding a bow, have gone to the exceedingly fierce abode of the demons with the intention of fighting.

23. כשהצדפה בידי, לבוש בשריון, עם חיצים וקשת אחוזה בידי, יצאתי בחשק ללחום אל משכן הדָאנַוַה האכזרי מאוד.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - he, that

• शङ्खी (śaṅkhī) - conch-bearer, having a conch

• कवची (kavacī) - armored, wearing armor

• बाणी (bāṇī) - arrow-bearer, having arrows

• प्रगृहीतशरासनः (pragṛhītaśarāsanaḥ) - holding a bow, having a bow grasped

• दानवालयम् (dānavālayam) - to the abode of demons, to the dwelling of Daityas

• अति (ati) - exceedingly, very, extremely

• उग्रम् (ugram) - fierce, terrible, mighty, violent

• प्रयातः (prayātaḥ) - departed, gone forth, set out

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am, I exist

• युयुत्सया (yuyutsayā) - with a desire to fight, by means of a desire for battle

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

शङ्खी (śaṅkhī) - conch-bearer, having a conch

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śaṅkhin

śaṅkhin - having a conch, conch-bearer

Derived from śaṅkha (conch) with the suffix -in (possessive)

Note: Refers to the speaker, Arjuna.

कवची (kavacī) - armored, wearing armor

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kavacin

kavacin - having armor, armored

Derived from kavaca (armor) with the suffix -in (possessive)

Note: Refers to the speaker, Arjuna.

बाणी (bāṇī) - arrow-bearer, having arrows

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bāṇin

bāṇin - having arrows, arrow-bearer

Derived from bāṇa (arrow) with the suffix -in (possessive)

Note: Refers to the speaker, Arjuna.

प्रगृहीतशरासनः (pragṛhītaśarāsanaḥ) - holding a bow, having a bow grasped

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pragṛhītaśarāsana

pragṛhītaśarāsana - one who has grasped a bow

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (pragṛhīta+śarāsana)

• pragṛhīta – grasped, held, seized
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Formed from root grah (to seize) with prefix pra.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: grah (class 9)
• śarāsana – bow (lit. 'arrow-seat')
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to the speaker, Arjuna.

दानवालयम् (dānavālayam) - to the abode of demons, to the dwelling of Daityas

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dānavālaya

dānavālaya - abode of demons

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (dānava+ālaya)

• dānava – demon, son of Danu, Daitya
  noun (masculine)
• ālaya – abode, dwelling, house
  noun (masculine)

अति (ati) - exceedingly, very, extremely

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an adverb here, intensifying 'ugram'.

उग्रम् (ugram) - fierce, terrible, mighty, violent

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ugra

ugra - fierce, terrible, mighty, powerful, severe

Note: Agrees with 'dānavālayam'.

प्रयातः (prayātaḥ) - departed, gone forth, set out

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prayāta

prayāta - gone, departed, set out

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root yā (to go) with prefix pra.

Prefix: pra

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Agrees with the implied subject 'aham'.

अस्मि (asmi) - I am, I exist

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

युयुत्सया (yuyutsayā) - with a desire to fight, by means of a desire for battle

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of yuyutsā

yuyutsā - desire to fight, belligerence

Desiderative noun

Derived from the desiderative stem of the root yudh (to fight).

Root: yudh (class 4)

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