महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-21, verse-33

तानहं माययैवाशु प्रतिगृह्य व्यनाशयम् ।
तस्यां हतायां मायायां गिरिशृङ्गैरयोधयत् ॥३३॥

33. tānahaṁ māyayaivāśu pratigṛhya vyanāśayam ,
tasyāṁ hatāyāṁ māyāyāṁ giriśṛṅgairayodhayat.

33. tān aham māyayā eva āśu pratigṛhya vyanāśayam
tasyām hatāyām māyāyām giriśṛṅgaiḥ ayodhayat

33. I swiftly seized and destroyed those weapons through my own illusory power (māyā). When that illusion (māyā) was thus vanquished, he (Shalva) then fought using mountain peaks.

33. את כולם קלטתי במהירות בכוח האשליה שלי עצמי והשמדתי אותם. וכשכוח האשליה שלו הושמד, הוא נלחם בי בפסגות הרים.

Words meanings summery:

• तान् (tān) - those (weapons mentioned in previous verse) (them, those)

• अहम् (aham) - I (the speaker) (I, myself)

• मायया (māyayā) - by (my own) illusory power (māyā) (by illusion, by magical power)

• एव (eva) - indeed, by that very (illusion) (only, indeed, just)

• आशु (āśu) - swiftly (quickly, swiftly)

• प्रतिगृह्य (pratigṛhya) - having seized and counteracted (having taken, having received, having counteracted)

• व्यनाशयम् (vyanāśayam) - I destroyed (them) (I destroyed)

• तस्याम् (tasyām) - in that (illusion) (in that, on that)

• हतायाम् (hatāyām) - being vanquished, destroyed (killed, destroyed, vanquished)

• मायायाम् (māyāyām) - in the illusion (of Shalva) (in illusion, in magical power)

• गिरिशृङ्गैः (giriśṛṅgaiḥ) - with mountain peaks (by mountain peaks)

• अयोधयत् (ayodhayat) - he (Shalva) fought (he fought)

Words meanings and morphology

तान् (tān) - those (weapons mentioned in previous verse) (them, those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अहम् (aham) - I (the speaker) (I, myself)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

मायया (māyayā) - by (my own) illusory power (māyā) (by illusion, by magical power)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of māyā

māyā - illusion, supernatural power, artifice

एव (eva) - indeed, by that very (illusion) (only, indeed, just)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

आशु (āśu) - swiftly (quickly, swiftly)

(indeclinable)

प्रतिगृह्य (pratigṛhya) - having seized and counteracted (having taken, having received, having counteracted)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

derived from root grah with upasarga prati, suffix -ya

Prefix: prati

Root: grah (class 9)

व्यनाशयम् (vyanāśayam) - I destroyed (them) (I destroyed)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of naś

Causative Imperfect

root naś with upasarga vi, 1st person singular, imperfect active, causative stem

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

तस्याम् (tasyām) - in that (illusion) (in that, on that)

(pronoun)

Locative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Part of locative absolute construction.

हतायाम् (hatāyām) - being vanquished, destroyed (killed, destroyed, vanquished)

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of hata

hata - killed, struck, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

derived from root han with suffix -ta

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Part of locative absolute construction.

मायायाम् (māyāyām) - in the illusion (of Shalva) (in illusion, in magical power)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of māyā

māyā - illusion, supernatural power, artifice

Note: Part of locative absolute construction.

गिरिशृङ्गैः (giriśṛṅgaiḥ) - with mountain peaks (by mountain peaks)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of giriśṛṅga

giriśṛṅga - mountain peak

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (giri+śṛṅga)

• giri – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)
  Root: gṝ
• śṛṅga – horn, peak, summit
  noun (neuter)

अयोधयत् (ayodhayat) - he (Shalva) fought (he fought)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of yudh

Causative Imperfect

Causative of root yudh, 3rd person singular, imperfect active

Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: From causative root yodh.

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