महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-21, verse-35

एवं मायां विकुर्वाणो योधयामास मां रिपुः ।
विज्ञाय तदहं सर्वं माययैव व्यनाशयम् ।
यथाकालं तु युद्धेन व्यधमं सर्वतः शरैः ॥३५॥

35. evaṁ māyāṁ vikurvāṇo yodhayāmāsa māṁ ripuḥ ,
vijñāya tadahaṁ sarvaṁ māyayaiva vyanāśayam ,
yathākālaṁ tu yuddhena vyadhamaṁ sarvataḥ śaraiḥ.

35. evam māyām vikurvāṇaḥ yodhayāmāsa
mām ripuḥ | vijñāya tat aham sarvam
māyayā eva vyanaśayam | yathākālam
tu yuddhena vyadhamam sarvataḥ śaraiḥ

35. In this way, the enemy, manifesting his illusion (māyā), fought me. Understanding all of that, I countered and destroyed it precisely with illusion (māyā) itself. Then, at the opportune moment, I completely vanquished him with arrows from all sides through battle.

35. כך האויב יצר אשליות והילחם בי. כשהבנתי את כל זה, השמדתי אותן בכוח האשליה שלי, ובמועד הראוי פיזרתי אותן מכל עבר בחצים בקרב.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way, surely

• मायाम् (māyām) - the enemy's deceptive magical power (illusion, magic, deceptive power)

• विकुर्वाणः (vikurvāṇaḥ) - creating, transforming, manifesting, altering

• योधयामास (yodhayāmāsa) - he fought, he caused to fight

• माम् (mām) - me

• रिपुः (ripuḥ) - enemy, foe

• विज्ञाय (vijñāya) - having known, having understood, having perceived

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• अहम् (aham) - I

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all that illusion (māyā) (all, everything)

• मायया (māyayā) - by my own counter-illusion (māyā) (by illusion, by magic)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• व्यनशयम् (vyanaśayam) - I destroyed

• यथाकालम् (yathākālam) - at the proper time, opportunely

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• युद्धेन (yuddhena) - by battle, by fighting

• व्यधमम् (vyadhamam) - I shattered, I pierced, I struck down

• सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - from all sides, completely

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way, surely

(indeclinable)

Note: adverbial particle

मायाम् (māyām) - the enemy's deceptive magical power (illusion, magic, deceptive power)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of māyā

māyā - illusion, magic, deceptive power, artifice

विकुर्वाणः (vikurvāṇaḥ) - creating, transforming, manifesting, altering

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vikurvāṇa

vikurvāṇa - creating, transforming, manifesting, altering

Present Active Participle

Prefix: vi

Root: kṛ (class 8)

योधयामास (yodhayāmāsa) - he fought, he caused to fight

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Perfect (causative) (Lit) of yudh

Root: yudh (class 4)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, we, us

रिपुः (ripuḥ) - enemy, foe

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ripu

ripu - enemy, foe, adversary

विज्ञाय (vijñāya) - having known, having understood, having perceived

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Prefix: vi

Root: jñā (class 9)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, we, us

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all that illusion (māyā) (all, everything)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

मायया (māyayā) - by my own counter-illusion (māyā) (by illusion, by magic)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of māyā

māyā - illusion, magic, deceptive power, artifice

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

व्यनशयम् (vyanaśayam) - I destroyed

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, Imperfect (causative) (Laṅ) of naś

Root: naś (class 4)

यथाकालम् (yathākālam) - at the proper time, opportunely

(indeclinable)

Note: adverbial compound

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

युद्धेन (yuddhena) - by battle, by fighting

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, fight, war

व्यधमम् (vyadhamam) - I shattered, I pierced, I struck down

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, Imperfect (Laṅ) of dham

Root: dham (class 1)

सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - from all sides, completely

(indeclinable)

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow, reed, spear

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