महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-213, verse-13

अथास्य शैलशिखरं केशी क्रुद्धो व्यवासृजत् ।
तदापतन्तं संप्रेक्ष्य शैलशृङ्गं शतक्रतुः ।
बिभेद राजन्वज्रेण भुवि तन्निपपात ह ॥१३॥

13. athāsya śailaśikharaṁ keśī kruddho vyavāsṛjat ,
tadāpatantaṁ saṁprekṣya śailaśṛṅgaṁ śatakratuḥ ,
bibheda rājanvajreṇa bhuvi tannipapāta ha.

13. atha asya śaila-śikharaṃ keśī kruddhaḥ
vyavāsṛjat tat āpatantaṃ samprekṣya
śaila-śṛṅgaṃ śatakratuḥ bibheda
rājan vajreṇa bhuvi tat nipapāta ha

13. Then, enraged, Keśī hurled a mountain peak at Indra. Having seen that incoming mountain peak, Śatakratu (Indra), O King, split it with his thunderbolt, and it indeed fell to the ground.

13. אז זעם קֵשִׁין והשליך עליו פסגת הר. כשראה שַׁטַקְרַטוּ (אִינְדְרַה) את פסגת ההר נופלת עליו, ניפץ אותה בַּוַג׳ְרַה, הו מלך, והיא נפלה על האדמה.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then (then, now, moreover)

• अस्य (asya) - to him (Indra) (to him, of him, his)

• शैल-शिखरं (śaila-śikharaṁ) - a mountain peak (mountain peak)

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

• क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - enraged (enraged, angry)

• व्यवासृजत् (vyavāsṛjat) - hurled (hurled, released)

• तत् (tat) - that (peak) (that (neuter accusative singular))

• आपतन्तं (āpatantaṁ) - that which was falling (the peak) (falling, approaching (masculine/neuter accusative singular))

• सम्प्रेक्ष्य (samprekṣya) - having seen (having seen, having observed)

• शैल-शृङ्गं (śaila-śṛṅgaṁ) - the mountain peak (mountain peak)

• शतक्रतुः (śatakratuḥ) - Śatakratu (Indra, the one of a hundred sacrifices) (Śatakratu (Indra))

• बिभेद (bibheda) - split (split, pierced, broke)

• राजन् (rājan) - O King (vocative) (O king)

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

• भुवि (bhuvi) - on the ground (on the earth, on the ground)

• तत् (tat) - it (the peak) (it, that (neuter nominative/accusative singular))

• निपपात (nipapāta) - fell down

• ह (ha) - indeed (indeed, certainly (emphatic particle))

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then (then, now, moreover)

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - to him (Indra) (to him, of him, his)

(pronoun)

Dative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Note: Used here in dative sense (to him).

शैल-शिखरं (śaila-śikharaṁ) - a mountain peak (mountain peak)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śaila-śikhara

śaila-śikhara - mountain peak, summit

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śaila+śikhara)

• śaila – mountain, rock
  noun (masculine)
• śikhara – peak, summit, crest
  noun (neuter)

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

क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - enraged (enraged, angry)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kruddha

kruddha - enraged, angry

Past Passive Participle

√krudh + kta

Root: krudh (class 4)

Note: Used attributively here.

व्यवासृजत् (vyavāsṛjat) - hurled (hurled, released)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (luṅ) of sṛj

Imperfect active third person singular

√sṛj with prefixes vi- and ava-

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: sṛj (class 6)

Note: The initial 'vyava' is from vi-ava. This is an aorist form (luṅ).

तत् (tat) - that (peak) (that (neuter accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

आपतन्तं (āpatantaṁ) - that which was falling (the peak) (falling, approaching (masculine/neuter accusative singular))

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of āpatat

āpatat - falling, descending, approaching

Present active participle

√pat with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Agrees with śaila-śṛṅgam.

सम्प्रेक्ष्य (samprekṣya) - having seen (having seen, having observed)

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

√īkṣ with prefixes sam- and pra- + -ya suffix

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: Often used for 'after seeing'.

शैल-शृङ्गं (śaila-śṛṅgaṁ) - the mountain peak (mountain peak)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śaila-śṛṅga

śaila-śṛṅga - mountain peak, summit

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śaila+śṛṅga)

• śaila – mountain, rock
  noun (masculine)
• śṛṅga – horn, peak, summit
  noun (neuter)

Note: Synonymous with śaila-śikharaṃ.

शतक्रतुः (śatakratuḥ) - Śatakratu (Indra, the one of a hundred sacrifices) (Śatakratu (Indra))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śatakratu

śatakratu - Indra, having a hundred sacrifices

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śata+kratu)

• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)
• kratu – sacrifice, power, resolve
  noun (masculine)

Note: A name for Indra.

बिभेद (bibheda) - split (split, pierced, broke)

(verb)

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

Perfect active third person singular

reduplicated perfect form of √bhid

Root: bhid (class 7)

राजन् (rājan) - O King (vocative) (O king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Note: A form of address.

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

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vajra

vajra - thunderbolt, diamond

भुवि (bhuvi) - on the ground (on the earth, on the ground)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhū

bhū - earth, ground, land

तत् (tat) - it (the peak) (it, that (neuter nominative/accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Refers to the mountain peak.

निपपात (nipapāta) - fell down

(verb)

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

Perfect active third person singular

reduplicated perfect form of √pat with prefix ni-

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

ह (ha) - indeed (indeed, certainly (emphatic particle))

(indeclinable)

Note: Used for emphasis or narrative continuity.

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