महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-213, verse-12

मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।
एवमुक्त्वा गदां केशी चिक्षेपेन्द्रवधाय वै ।
तामापतन्तीं चिच्छेद मध्ये वज्रेण वासवः ॥१२॥

12. mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ,
evamuktvā gadāṁ keśī cikṣependravadhāya vai ,
tāmāpatantīṁ ciccheda madhye vajreṇa vāsavaḥ.

12. mārkaṇḍeya uvāca evam uktvā gadām keśī cikṣepa indra-vadhāya
vai tām āpatantīm ciccheda madhye vajreṇa vāsavaḥ

12. Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having spoken thus, Keśī indeed hurled the mace to slay Indra. Vāsava (Indra) then cut that incoming mace in the middle with his thunderbolt.

12. מָארְקַנְדֵיַה אמר, לאחר שאמר זאת השליך קֵשִׁין את אלת הקרב כדי להרוג את אִינְדְרַה. וָאסַוַה חתך אותה באמצע נפילתה בַּוַג׳ְרַה.

Words meanings summery:

• मार्कण्डेय (mārkaṇḍeya) - The sage Mārkaṇḍeya (Mārkaṇḍeya (name of a sage))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner)

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken (having said, having spoken)

• गदाम् (gadām) - the mace (mace)

• केशी (keśī) - the Asura Keśī (Keśī (name of an Asura))

• चिक्षेप (cikṣepa) - hurled (threw, hurled)

• इन्द्र-वधाय (indra-vadhāya) - for the slaying of Indra (for the killing of Indra)

• वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, certainly (emphatic particle))

• ताम् (tām) - that (mace) (that (feminine accusative singular))

• आपतन्तीम् (āpatantīm) - that which was falling (the mace) (falling, approaching (feminine accusative singular))

• चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - cut (cut, split)

• मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle (in the middle, in the midst)

• वज्रेण (vajreṇa) - with his thunderbolt (with the thunderbolt)

• वासवः (vāsavaḥ) - Vāsava (Indra) (Vāsava (name of Indra))

Words meanings and morphology

मार्कण्डेय (mārkaṇḍeya) - The sage Mārkaṇḍeya (Mārkaṇḍeya (name of a sage))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārkaṇḍeya

mārkaṇḍeya - Mārkaṇḍeya (name of a sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect active third person singular

reduplicated perfect form of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken (having said, having spoken)

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

√vac + -ktvā suffix

Root: vac (class 2)

गदाम् (gadām) - the mace (mace)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of gadā

gadā - mace, club

केशी (keśī) - the Asura Keśī (Keśī (name of an Asura))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of keśin

keśin - hairy, having long hair; name of an Asura

चिक्षेप (cikṣepa) - hurled (threw, hurled)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of kṣip

Perfect active third person singular

reduplicated perfect form of √kṣip

Root: kṣip (class 6)

इन्द्र-वधाय (indra-vadhāya) - for the slaying of Indra (for the killing of Indra)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of indra-vadha

indra-vadha - killing of Indra

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (indra+vadha)

• indra – Indra (name of the chief of gods)
  proper noun (masculine)
• vadha – killing, slaying, murder
  noun (masculine)
  from √vadh
  Root: vadh (class 1)

वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, certainly (emphatic particle))

(indeclinable)

ताम् (tām) - that (mace) (that (feminine accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

आपतन्तीम् (āpatantīm) - that which was falling (the mace) (falling, approaching (feminine accusative singular))

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of āpatat

āpatat - falling, descending, approaching

Present active participle

√pat with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: pat (class 1)

चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - cut (cut, split)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of chid

Perfect active third person singular

reduplicated perfect form of √chid

Root: chid (class 7)

मध्ये (madhye) - in the middle (in the middle, in the midst)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of madhya

madhya - middle, center

वज्रेण (vajreṇa) - with his thunderbolt (with the thunderbolt)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vajra

vajra - thunderbolt, diamond

वासवः (vāsavaḥ) - Vāsava (Indra) (Vāsava (name of Indra))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāsava

vāsava - Indra, chief of the gods

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