महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-17, verse-19

स वेगवति कौन्तेय साम्बो वेगवतीं गदाम् ।
चिक्षेप तरसा वीरो व्याविध्य सत्यविक्रमः ॥१९॥

19. sa vegavati kaunteya sāmbo vegavatīṁ gadām ,
cikṣepa tarasā vīro vyāvidhya satyavikramaḥ.

19. saḥ vegavati kaunteya sāmbaḥ vegavatīm gadām
cikṣepa tarasā vīraḥ vyāvidhya satyavikramaḥ

19. O son of Kunti (Kaunteya), that hero (vīra) Samba, who possessed true valor (satyavikrama), having brandished his powerful mace, threw it with force at Vegavat.

19. הו בן קוּנְטִי, סָאמְבַּה הגיבור, אמיתי בגבורתו, סובב ושלח במהירות את הלַאבָה הכבדה על וֵגַוַאן.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• वेगवति (vegavati) - at Vegavat (proper name); in a swift one; concerning the swift one

• कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - O son of Kunti, O Arjuna

• साम्बः (sāmbaḥ) - Samba (proper name)

• वेगवतीम् (vegavatīm) - swift, powerful, impetuous (feminine)

• गदाम् (gadām) - mace, club

• चिक्षेप (cikṣepa) - threw, cast, hurled

• तरसा (tarasā) - with speed, with force, quickly

• वीरः (vīraḥ) - hero, brave man

• व्याविध्य (vyāvidhya) - having brandished, having whirled

• सत्यविक्रमः (satyavikramaḥ) - of true valor, whose prowess is true

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Samba

वेगवति (vegavati) - at Vegavat (proper name); in a swift one; concerning the swift one

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vegavat

vegavat - swift, impetuous, quick; (as proper noun) Vegavān/Vegavat

Note: Target of the action 'threw'

कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - O son of Kunti, O Arjuna

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kaunteya

kaunteya - son of Kunti, Arjuna

Patronymic from Kunti

Note: Address to the listener

साम्बः (sāmbaḥ) - Samba (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sāmba

sāmba - Samba (proper name, son of Kṛṣṇa)

Note: Subject of the sentence

वेगवतीम् (vegavatīm) - swift, powerful, impetuous (feminine)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vegavatī

vegavatī - swift, powerful, impetuous (feminine)

Note: Qualifies 'gadām'

गदाम् (gadām) - mace, club

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gadā

gadā - mace, club

Note: Object of 'cikṣepa'

चिक्षेप (cikṣepa) - threw, cast, hurled

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect past (lit) of kṣip

Root: kṣip (class 6)

Note: Main verb

तरसा (tarasā) - with speed, with force, quickly

(noun)

Instrumental, singular of taras

taras - speed, velocity, force

Note: Adverbial use

वीरः (vīraḥ) - hero, brave man

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, brave man, warrior

Note: Appositive to 'sāmbaḥ'

व्याविध्य (vyāvidhya) - having brandished, having whirled

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root vyāvidh- 'to brandish, whirl' (vi + ā + vidh)

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: vidh (class 6)

Note: Describes an action preceding the main verb

सत्यविक्रमः (satyavikramaḥ) - of true valor, whose prowess is true

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of satyavikrama

satyavikrama - of true valor, whose prowess is true

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (satya+vikrama)

• satya – truth, true, real
  noun (neuter)
• vikrama – valor, prowess, might, step
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'sāmbaḥ'

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