महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-170, verse-26

ततोऽहं शरजालेन दिव्यास्त्रमुदितेन च ।
न्यगृह्णं सह दैतेयैस्तत्पुरं भरतर्षभ ॥२६॥

26. tato'haṁ śarajālena divyāstramuditena ca ,
nyagṛhṇaṁ saha daiteyaistatpuraṁ bharatarṣabha.

26. tataḥ aham śarajālena divyāstra-muditena ca
nyagṛhṇam saha daiteyaiḥ tat puram bharatarṣabha

26. Then, O best of Bharatas, I subdued that city, along with the Daityas, using a network of arrows empowered by divine weapons.

26. ואז, הו אדיר בני בְּהַרַטַה, בעזרת רשת של חיצים ובעזרת הנשק השמימי ששימח אותי, תפסתי והכנעתי את העיר הזאת יחד עם הדַיטְיַה שבה.

Words meanings summery:

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

• अहम् (aham) - I

• शरजालेन (śarajālena) - by a network of arrows, with a shower of arrows

• दिव्यास्त्र-मुदितेन (divyāstra-muditena) - by divine weapons that empowered the network of arrows (by divine weapons empowered/magnified/glorified)

• च (ca) - and

• न्यगृह्णम् (nyagṛhṇam) - I subdued, I checked, I overcame

• सह (saha) - with, together with

• दैतेयैः (daiteyaiḥ) - with the Daityas (demons)

• तत् (tat) - that (city)

• पुरम् (puram) - city, fortress

• भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of Bharatas, O bull of Bharatas

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from there

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I (first person singular pronoun)

शरजालेन (śarajālena) - by a network of arrows, with a shower of arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śarajāla

śarajāla - network of arrows, shower of arrows

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (śara+jāla)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• jāla – net, network, multitude
  noun (neuter)

दिव्यास्त्र-मुदितेन (divyāstra-muditena) - by divine weapons that empowered the network of arrows (by divine weapons empowered/magnified/glorified)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of divyāstra-mudita

divyāstra-mudita - empowered by divine weapons, glorified by divine weapons

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (divyāstra+mudita)

• divyāstra – divine weapon
  noun (neuter)
• mudita – rejoiced, delighted, pleased; empowered, glorified (secondary meaning in compounds)
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from √mud (to rejoice, be glad). Here, takes on a sense of 'magnified' or 'empowered' in context of weaponry.
  Root: mud (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'śarajālena'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

न्यगृह्णम् (nyagṛhṇam) - I subdued, I checked, I overcame

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of ni-√grah

Prefix: ni

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Form of ni-grah.

सह (saha) - with, together with

(indeclinable)

दैतेयैः (daiteyaiḥ) - with the Daityas (demons)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of daiteya

daiteya - descendant of Diti, a demon

Note: Used with 'saha'.

तत् (tat) - that (city)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'puram'.

पुरम् (puram) - city, fortress

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pura

pura - city, town, fortress

भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of Bharatas, O bull of Bharatas

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatarṣabha

bharatarṣabha - best of Bharatas, bull among Bharatas

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (bharata+ṛṣabha)

• bharata – a descendant of Bharata, a member of the Bharata lineage
  proper noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, best, excellent
  noun (masculine)

Note: An epithet for a heroic figure.

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