महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-213, verse-9

किरीटिनं गदापाणिं धातुमन्तमिवाचलम् ।
हस्ते गृहीत्वा तां कन्यामथैनं वासवोऽब्रवीत् ॥९॥

9. kirīṭinaṁ gadāpāṇiṁ dhātumantamivācalam ,
haste gṛhītvā tāṁ kanyāmathainaṁ vāsavo'bravīt.

9. kirīṭinam gadāpāṇim dhātūmantam iva acalam haste
gṛhītvā tām kanyām atha enam vāsavaḥ abravīt

9. (Keśin was) wearing a diadem and holding a mace, like a mountain rich in minerals. Vāsava (Indra), having taken that maiden by the hand, then spoke to him.

9. קֵשִׁין חבש כתר ואחז בידו אלת קרב, והיה כהר עשיר במחצבים. וָאסַוַה (אִינְדְרַה) אחז בידה של הנערה ואז אמר לו.

Words meanings summery:

• किरीटिनम् (kirīṭinam) - wearing a diadem (wearing a diadem/crown, crowned)

• गदापाणिम् (gadāpāṇim) - holding a mace (holding a mace in hand)

• धातूमन्तम् (dhātūmantam) - rich in minerals (rich in minerals, containing elements)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• अचलम् (acalam) - mountain (mountain, immovable)

• हस्ते (haste) - by the hand (in the hand)

• गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - having taken (having seized, having taken, having grasped)

• ताम् (tām) - that (her, that (feminine, accusative))

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

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

• एनम् (enam) - him (Keśin) (him, this (masculine, accusative))

• वासवः (vāsavaḥ) - Vāsava (Indra) (Indra (son of Vasu))

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke (he spoke, he said)

Words meanings and morphology

किरीटिनम् (kirīṭinam) - wearing a diadem (wearing a diadem/crown, crowned)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kirīṭin

kirīṭin - wearing a diadem/crown, crowned

Formed from 'kirīṭa' (diadem) + suffix '-in'

गदापाणिम् (gadāpāṇim) - holding a mace (holding a mace in hand)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of gadāpāṇi

gadāpāṇi - mace-handed, holding a mace

Compound type : bahuvrihi (gadā+pāṇi)

• gadā – mace, club
  noun (feminine)
• pāṇi – hand
  noun (masculine)

धातूमन्तम् (dhātūmantam) - rich in minerals (rich in minerals, containing elements)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dhātumat

dhātumat - containing elements/minerals, rich in ore

Formed from 'dhātu' (metal, mineral, element) + suffix '-mat'

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

अचलम् (acalam) - mountain (mountain, immovable)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of acala

acala - immovable, mountain

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+cala)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• cala – moving, trembling
  adjective
  Root: cal (class 1)

हस्ते (haste) - by the hand (in the hand)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of hasta

hasta - hand

Note: Locative used adverbially to indicate 'by the hand'.

गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - having taken (having seized, having taken, having grasped)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Formed from root 'grah' (9th class) + suffix '-ktvā'

Root: grah (class 9)

ताम् (tām) - that (her, that (feminine, accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: Agrees with 'kanyām'.

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

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kanyā

kanyā - maiden, girl, daughter

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

(indeclinable)

एनम् (enam) - him (Keśin) (him, this (masculine, accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, him

वासवः (vāsavaḥ) - Vāsava (Indra) (Indra (son of Vasu))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāsava

vāsava - belonging to the Vasus, Indra

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke (he spoke, he said)

(verb)

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

imperfect

imperfect 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: brū (class 2)

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