महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-213, verse-14

पतता तु तदा केशी तेन शृङ्गेण ताडितः ।
हित्वा कन्यां महाभागां प्राद्रवद्भृशपीडितः ॥१४॥

14. patatā tu tadā keśī tena śṛṅgeṇa tāḍitaḥ ,
hitvā kanyāṁ mahābhāgāṁ prādravadbhṛśapīḍitaḥ.

14. patatā tu tadā keśī tena śṛṅgeṇa tāḍitaḥ hitvā
kanyām mahābhāgām prādravat bhṛśa-pīḍitaḥ

14. But then, Keśī was struck by that falling peak and, greatly pained, he abandoned the highly fortunate maiden and fled.

14. כשהפסגה הנופלת פגעה בקֵשִׁין, הוא עזב את הנערה האצילה ונמלט כשהוא סובל כאבים קשים.

Words meanings summery:

• पतता (patatā) - by that falling (peak) (by the falling one (instrumental singular masculine/neuter))

• तु (tu) - but (but, on the other hand, indeed)

• तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

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

• तेन (tena) - by that (peak) (by that (masculine/neuter instrumental singular))

• शृङ्गेण (śṛṅgeṇa) - by that peak (with the horn/peak)

• ताडितः (tāḍitaḥ) - struck (struck, hit, wounded)

• हित्वा (hitvā) - having abandoned (having abandoned, having left)

• कन्याम् (kanyām) - the maiden (maiden, girl, daughter)

• महाभागाम् (mahābhāgām) - the highly fortunate one (highly fortunate, illustrious)

• प्राद्रवत् (prādravat) - he fled (fled, ran away)

• भृश-पीडितः (bhṛśa-pīḍitaḥ) - greatly pained (greatly pained, severely distressed)

Words meanings and morphology

पतता (patatā) - by that falling (peak) (by the falling one (instrumental singular masculine/neuter))

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of patat

patat - falling, descending

Present active participle

√pat + śatṛ suffix

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Agrees with śṛṅgeṇa.

तु (tu) - but (but, on the other hand, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adversative particle.

तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of time.

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

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of keśin

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

तेन (tena) - by that (peak) (by that (masculine/neuter instrumental singular))

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Agrees with śṛṅgeṇa.

शृङ्गेण (śṛṅgeṇa) - by that peak (with the horn/peak)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śṛṅga

śṛṅga - horn, peak, summit

Note: Refers to the mountain peak from the previous verse.

ताडितः (tāḍitaḥ) - struck (struck, hit, wounded)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tāḍita

tāḍita - struck, hit, beaten

Past Passive Participle

√taḍ + kta

Root: taḍ (class 10)

Note: Agrees with Keśī.

हित्वा (hitvā) - having abandoned (having abandoned, having left)

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

√hā + -ktvā suffix

Root: hā (class 3)

Note: From √hā, to leave.

कन्याम् (kanyām) - the maiden (maiden, girl, daughter)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kanyā

kanyā - maiden, girl, virgin, daughter

महाभागाम् (mahābhāgām) - the highly fortunate one (highly fortunate, illustrious)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahābhāgā

mahābhāga - highly fortunate, noble, illustrious

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bhāga)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• bhāga – share, fortune, destiny
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with kanyām.

प्राद्रवत् (prādravat) - he fled (fled, ran away)

(verb)

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

Imperfect active third person singular

√dru with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: dru (class 1)

Note: The initial 'prā' is from pra- + a- of aorist or imperfect. It's technically aorist (luṅ).

भृश-पीडितः (bhṛśa-pīḍitaḥ) - greatly pained (greatly pained, severely distressed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhṛśa-pīḍita

bhṛśa-pīḍita - greatly afflicted, severely distressed

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhṛśa+pīḍita)

• bhṛśa – much, strong, severe, greatly
  adverb
• pīḍita – pained, distressed, afflicted
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  √pīḍ + kta
  Root: pīḍ (class 10)

Note: Agrees with Keśī.

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