महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-171, verse-15

तानि त्विच्छामि ते द्रष्टुं दिव्यान्यस्त्राणि भारत ।
यैस्तथा वीर्यवन्तस्ते निवातकवचा हता ॥१५॥

15. tāni tvicchāmi te draṣṭuṁ divyānyastrāṇi bhārata ,
yaistathā vīryavantaste nivātakavacā hatā.

15. tāni tu icchāmi te draṣṭuṃ divyāni astrāṇi bhārata
| yaiḥ tathā vīryavantaḥ te nivātakavacāḥ hatāḥ

15. O Bhārata, I indeed wish to see those divine weapons of yours by which those exceedingly powerful Nivātakavacas were slain.

15. אך אני רוצה לראות את אותם נשקים שמימיים שלך, הו בְּהָארַטַה, שבהם הובסו כך הנִיוָאטַקַוַצ׳ַה העוצמתיים.

Words meanings summery:

• तानि (tāni) - those (weapons) (those)

• तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, yet, on the other hand)

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish (I wish, I desire)

• ते (te) - your (referring to Arjuna's weapons) (your, by you, to you, by him/her/it (pronominal enclitic))

• द्रष्टुं (draṣṭuṁ) - to see (to see, for seeing)

• दिव्यानि (divyāni) - divine (divine, heavenly, celestial)

• अस्त्राणि (astrāṇi) - weapons (weapons, missiles)

• भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata (addressed to Arjuna) (O descendant of Bharata, O Indian)

• यैः (yaiḥ) - by which (weapons) (by which, by whom)

• तथा (tathā) - exceedingly, so (powerful) (thus, so, in that manner)

• वीर्यवन्तः (vīryavantaḥ) - powerful ones (powerful, valorous, strong)

• ते (te) - those (Nivātakavacas) (those, they)

• निवातकवचाः (nivātakavacāḥ) - the Nivātakavacas (Nivātakavacas (name of a group of Asuras))

• हताः (hatāḥ) - were slain (killed, slain, destroyed)

Words meanings and morphology

तानि (tāni) - those (weapons) (those)

(pronoun)

neuter, plural of tat

tat - that, those

Note: Used as an adjective here, referring to 'divine weapons'.

तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, yet, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish (I wish, I desire)

(verb)

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

Root: iṣ (class 4)

Note: From root iṣ (4th class, P.P.).

ते (te) - your (referring to Arjuna's weapons) (your, by you, to you, by him/her/it (pronominal enclitic))

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you, your

Note: Genitive singular of 'yuṣmad'.

द्रष्टुं (draṣṭuṁ) - to see (to see, for seeing)

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Infinitive form of the root 'dṛś'.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Accusative case of verbal noun.

दिव्यानि (divyāni) - divine (divine, heavenly, celestial)

(adjective)

neuter, plural of divya

divya - divine, heavenly

Note: Qualifies 'astrāṇi'.

अस्त्राणि (astrāṇi) - weapons (weapons, missiles)

(noun)

neuter, plural of astra

astra - weapon, missile

Note: Object of 'draṣṭum'.

भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata (addressed to Arjuna) (O descendant of Bharata, O Indian)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, relating to India

Derived from Bharata

Note: A common address in the Mahābhārata.

यैः (yaiḥ) - by which (weapons) (by which, by whom)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of yat

yat - which, who

Note: Refers to 'astrāṇi'.

तथा (tathā) - exceedingly, so (powerful) (thus, so, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

वीर्यवन्तः (vīryavantaḥ) - powerful ones (powerful, valorous, strong)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vīryavat

vīryavat - powerful, strong, valorous

Possessive suffix -vat

Note: Qualifies 'nivātakavacāḥ'.

ते (te) - those (Nivātakavacas) (those, they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to 'nivātakavacāḥ'.

निवातकवचाः (nivātakavacāḥ) - the Nivātakavacas (Nivātakavacas (name of a group of Asuras))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nivātakavaca

nivātakavaca - Nivātakavaca (lit. 'those whose armor is impenetrable by wind')

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nivāta+kavaca)

• nivāta – windless, impenetrable by wind
  adjective (masculine)
  ni- + vāta (wind)
  Prefix: ni
• kavaca – armor, mail
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of the passive verb 'hatāḥ'.

हताः (hatāḥ) - were slain (killed, slain, destroyed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of han

han - to strike, to kill, to slay

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root han, past passive participle.

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agreement with 'nivātakavacāḥ'.

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