महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-20, verse-10

ते हस्तलाघवोपेतं विज्ञाय नृप दारुकिम् ।
दह्यमाना इव तदा पस्पृशुश्चरणैर्महीम् ॥१०॥

10. te hastalāghavopetaṁ vijñāya nṛpa dārukim ,
dahyamānā iva tadā paspṛśuścaraṇairmahīm.

10. te hasta-lāghava-upetaṃ vijñāya nṛpa dārukim
dahyamānā iva tadā paspṛśuḥ caraṇaiḥ mahīm

10. O king, when they recognized Dāruka, who was endowed with great dexterity, they then touched the earth with their feet as if they were being scorched.

10. הו מלך, הסוסים, כשהבינו שבן דָארוּקַה בעל יד קלה ומיומנת, נגעו אז באדמה ברגליהם כאילו הם נשרפים.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - they

• हस्त-लाघव-उपेतं (hasta-lāghava-upetaṁ) - endowed with dexterity, possessing swiftness of hand

• विज्ञाय (vijñāya) - having recognized, having known

• नृप (nṛpa) - O king

• दारुकिम् (dārukim) - Dāruka

• दह्यमाना (dahyamānā) - being burned, being scorched

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• पस्पृशुः (paspṛśuḥ) - they touched

• चरणैः (caraṇaiḥ) - with feet

• महीम् (mahīm) - the earth

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

हस्त-लाघव-उपेतं (hasta-lāghava-upetaṁ) - endowed with dexterity, possessing swiftness of hand

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hasta-lāghava-upeta

hasta-lāghava-upeta - endowed with swiftness of hand, dexterous

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hasta+lāghava+upeta)

• hasta – hand
  noun (masculine)
• lāghava – swiftness, lightness, dexterity
  noun (neuter)
• upeta – endowed with, possessed of, gone near to
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From upa-i 'to go'
  Prefix: upa
  Root: i (class 2)

विज्ञाय (vijñāya) - having recognized, having known

(indeclinable)

Gerund

Prefix: vi

Root: jñā (class 9)

नृप (nṛpa) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king

दारुकिम् (dārukim) - Dāruka

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dāruki

dāruki - Dāruka (name of Kṛṣṇa's charioteer)

दह्यमाना (dahyamānā) - being burned, being scorched

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dahyamāna

dahyamāna - being burned, being consumed by fire

Present Passive Participle

Root: dah (class 1)

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

पस्पृशुः (paspṛśuḥ) - they touched

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of spṛś

Root: spṛś (class 6)

चरणैः (caraṇaiḥ) - with feet

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of caraṇa

caraṇa - foot, limb, course, conduct

महीम् (mahīm) - the earth

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahī

mahī - earth, ground, land

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