महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-18, verse-11

तयोः सुतुमुलं युद्धं शाल्ववृष्णिप्रवीरयोः ।
समेता ददृशुर्लोका बलिवासवयोरिव ॥११॥

11. tayoḥ sutumulaṁ yuddhaṁ śālvavṛṣṇipravīrayoḥ ,
sametā dadṛśurlokā balivāsavayoriva.

11. tayoḥ sutumulam yuddham śālva-vṛṣṇi-pravīrayoḥ
sametāḥ dadṛśuḥ lokāḥ bali-vāsavayoḥ iva

11. The assembled people watched their very fierce battle, the one between the great heroes of Śālva and Vṛṣṇi, just as they would have watched the battle between Bali and Indra.

Words meanings summery:

• तयोः (tayoḥ) - of those two, between those two

• सुतुमुलम् (sutumulam) - very fierce, very violent, very tumultuous

• युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, fight, warfare

• शाल्व-वृष्णि-प्रवीरयोः (śālva-vṛṣṇi-pravīrayoḥ) - of the great heroes of Śālva and Vṛṣṇi

• समेताः (sametāḥ) - assembled people (assembled, gathered, united)

• ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they saw, they beheld

• लोकाः (lokāḥ) - people, worlds, regions

• बलि-वासवयोः (bali-vāsavayoḥ) - of Bali and Vāsava (Indra)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

तयोः (tayoḥ) - of those two, between those two

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

Note: masculine/neuter genitive dual form of 'tad'

सुतुमुलम् (sutumulam) - very fierce, very violent, very tumultuous

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sutumula

sutumula - very fierce, very tumultuous

'su' (good/very) + 'tumula' (fierce)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+tumula)

• su – good, well, very, excellent
  indeclinable
  prefix indicating excellence or intensity
• tumula – tumultuous, fierce, noisy, agitated
  adjective

Note: agrees with 'yuddham'

युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, fight, warfare

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, fight

Past Passive Participle

From root √yudh (to fight)

Root: yudh (class 4)

शाल्व-वृष्णि-प्रवीरयोः (śālva-vṛṣṇi-pravīrayoḥ) - of the great heroes of Śālva and Vṛṣṇi

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of śālva-vṛṣṇi-pravīra

śālva-vṛṣṇi-pravīra - the great heroes of Śālva and Vṛṣṇi (referring to Salva and Pradyumna/Krishna's lineage)

Compound type : dvandva (śālva+vṛṣṇi+pravīra)

• śālva – name of a king or kingdom
  proper noun (masculine)
• vṛṣṇi – name of a Yadava clan (to which Krishna belonged)
  proper noun (masculine)
• pravīra – great hero, chief warrior, excellent man
  noun (masculine)
  'pra' (excellent) + 'vīra' (hero)
  Prefix: pra

Note: Genitive dual, referring to two heroes from these lineages (e.g., Śālva and Pradyumna).

समेताः (sametāḥ) - assembled people (assembled, gathered, united)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sameta

sameta - assembled, met, joined

Past Passive Participle

From root √i (to go) with prefix 'sam' (together)

Prefix: sam

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Refers to 'lokāḥ' (people).

ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they saw, they beheld

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (Lit) of dṛś

Perfect tense, 3rd person plural

Intensive/reduplicated perfect form

Root: dṛś (class 1)

लोकाः (lokāḥ) - people, worlds, regions

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, people, region

From root √loc (to see)

Root: loc

Note: Subject of 'dadṛśuḥ'

बलि-वासवयोः (bali-vāsavayoḥ) - of Bali and Vāsava (Indra)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of bali-vāsava

bali-vāsava - Bali and Vāsava

Compound type : itaretara-yogadvandva (bali+vāsava)

• bali – name of a demon king
  proper noun (masculine)
• vāsava – son of Vasu, an epithet of Indra
  proper noun (masculine)

Note: dual genitive for 'of Bali and Vāsava'

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

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