महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-206, verse-7

शरं चोद्धृतवानस्मि तस्य वै द्विजसत्तम ।
आश्रमं च मया नीतो न च प्राणैर्व्ययुज्यत ॥७॥

7. śaraṁ coddhṛtavānasmi tasya vai dvijasattama ,
āśramaṁ ca mayā nīto na ca prāṇairvyayujyata.

7. śaram ca uddhṛtavān asmi tasya vai dvijasattama
āśramam ca mayā nītaḥ na ca prāṇaiḥ vyayujyata

7. O best among brahmins, I extracted the arrow, and I also brought him to my hermitage (āśrama), where he did not lose his life.

7. הוצאתי ממנו את החץ, הו מיטב הבְּרַהְמִינִים, והבאתי אותו למשכנו, והוא לא מת.

Words meanings summery:

• शरम् (śaram) - arrow

• च (ca) - and, also

• उद्धृतवान् (uddhṛtavān) - extracted (having extracted, lifted up)

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

• द्विजसत्तम (dvijasattama) - O best among brahmins (O best among the twice-born)

• आश्रमम् (āśramam) - to the hermitage, to the āśrama

• च (ca) - also (and, also)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• नीतः (nītaḥ) - brought (he was) (led, brought)

• न (na) - not

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• प्राणैः (prāṇaiḥ) - of his life (literally 'by lives', but indicating separation from life) (by lives, by breaths)

• व्ययुज्यत (vyayujyata) - he was deprived of life (he was separated, he was deprived)

Words meanings and morphology

शरम् (śaram) - arrow

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śara

śara - arrow, reed, rush

Root: śṛ (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

उद्धृतवान् (uddhṛtavān) - extracted (having extracted, lifted up)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uddhṛtavat

uddhṛtavat - one who has extracted/lifted up

Past Active Participle

Derived from root hṛ (to seize, take) with prefix ud (up) and suffix ktavat (vat) indicating past active participle.

Prefix: ud

Root: hṛ (class 1)

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present tense, 1st person singular

conjugation of as (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

द्विजसत्तम (dvijasattama) - O best among brahmins (O best among the twice-born)

(compound)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvija+sattama)

• dvija – twice-born (e.g., brahmin, kshatriya, vaishya after initiation; also bird, tooth)
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from jan (to be born) with prefix dvi (twice)
  Prefix: dvi
  Root: jan (class 4)
• sattama – best, most excellent
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative suffix -tama
  Root: sat

आश्रमम् (āśramam) - to the hermitage, to the āśrama

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āśrama

āśrama - hermitage, monastic retreat, a stage of life (āśrama)

Root: śram (class 4)

च (ca) - also (and, also)

(indeclinable)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of mad

mad - I, me

नीतः (nītaḥ) - brought (he was) (led, brought)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nīta

nīta - led, guided, brought

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root nī (to lead) with suffix kta (ta)

Root: nī (class 1)

Note: used here as part of a passive construction

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

प्राणैः (prāṇaiḥ) - of his life (literally 'by lives', but indicating separation from life) (by lives, by breaths)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of prāṇa

prāṇa - breath, life, vital air

Derived from root an (to breathe) with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: an (class 2)

Note: In contexts of separation, instrumental case can indicate 'from/of' something.

व्ययुज्यत (vyayujyata) - he was deprived of life (he was separated, he was deprived)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, past imperfect (laṅ) of yuj

Imperfect tense, 3rd person singular, Passive voice

Derived from root yuj with prefixes vi (apart) and a (augment) for imperfect. Passive ending -yata.

Prefix: vi

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Literally 'was disjoined'. With prāṇaiḥ, it means 'was deprived of life'.

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