महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-18, verse-20

तत उत्थाय कौरव्य प्रतिलभ्य च चेतनाम् ।
मुमोच बाणं तरसा प्रद्युम्नाय महाबलः ॥२०॥

20. tata utthāya kauravya pratilabhya ca cetanām ,
mumoca bāṇaṁ tarasā pradyumnāya mahābalaḥ.

20. tataḥ utthāya kauravya pratilabhya ca cetanām
mumoca bāṇam tarasā pradyumnāya mahābalaḥ

20. O descendant of Kuru, then the mighty Śālva, having risen and regained his consciousness, swiftly released an arrow at Pradyumna.

20. אז קם, הו צאצא קוּרוּ, וחזר לחושיו, והאציל רב הכוח שיגר חץ במהירות אל פְּרַדְיוּמְנַה.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, afterwards

• उत्थाय (utthāya) - having risen, having stood up

• कौरव्य (kauravya) - Address to Dhṛtarāṣṭra. (O descendant of Kuru)

• प्रतिलभ्य (pratilabhya) - having regained, having obtained

• च (ca) - and

• चेतनाम् (cetanām) - consciousness, mind

• मुमोच (mumoca) - released, discharged

• बाणम् (bāṇam) - arrow

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

• प्रद्युम्नाय (pradyumnāya) - to Pradyumna, for Pradyumna

• महाबलः (mahābalaḥ) - Refers to King Śālva. (the very mighty one, the great powerful one)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, afterwards

(indeclinable)

उत्थाय (utthāya) - having risen, having stood up

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From ut + sthā (to stand)

Prefix: ut

Root: sthā (class 1)

कौरव्य (kauravya) - Address to Dhṛtarāṣṭra. (O descendant of Kuru)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kauravya

kauravya - a descendant of Kuru

Patronymic from Kuru

प्रतिलभ्य (pratilabhya) - having regained, having obtained

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From prati + labh (to obtain)

Prefix: prati

Root: labh (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'utthāya' and 'pratilabhya'.

चेतनाम् (cetanām) - consciousness, mind

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of cetanā

cetanā - consciousness, intelligence, sensation

Root: cit

Note: Object of 'pratilabhya'.

मुमोच (mumoca) - released, discharged

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of muc

Perfect

3rd person singular Perfect active, reduplicated form of muc

Root: muc (class 6)

बाणम् (bāṇam) - arrow

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

Note: Object of 'mumoca'.

तरसा (tarasā) - swiftly, quickly, with force

(indeclinable)

Root: tṝ

Note: Instrumental singular used as an adverb.

प्रद्युम्नाय (pradyumnāya) - to Pradyumna, for Pradyumna

(proper noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of pradyumna

pradyumna - Name of Krishna's son

Note: Indicates the target of the action.

महाबलः (mahābalaḥ) - Refers to King Śālva. (the very mighty one, the great powerful one)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahābala

mahābala - very strong, mighty

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+bala)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• bala – strength, power
  noun (neuter)

Note: Subject of 'mumoca'.

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