महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-232, verse-17

अथासौ मृदुयुद्धेन न मुञ्चेद्भीम कौरवान् ।
सर्वोपायैर्विमोच्यास्ते निगृह्य परिपन्थिनः ॥१७॥

17. athāsau mṛduyuddhena na muñcedbhīma kauravān ,
sarvopāyairvimocyāste nigṛhya paripanthinaḥ.

17. atha asau mṛduyuddhena na muñcet bhīma kauravān
sarvaiḥ upāyaiḥ vimocyāḥ te nigṛhya paripanthinaḥ

17. Then, O Bhīma, if that one does not release the Kauravas even with a gentle fight, those enemies must be subdued, and then the Kauravas are to be released by all possible means.

17. ואם גם במלחמה מתונה הוא לא ישחרר את הקַאוּרַוַה, הו בְּהִימַה, הכנע את האויבים המעכבים וְשַׁחְרֵר אותם בכל האמצעים.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• असौ (asau) - that Gandharva king (that (person/thing))

• मृदुयुद्धेन (mṛduyuddhena) - by gentle fighting

• न (na) - not, no

• मुञ्चेत् (muñcet) - he would release, he should release

• भीम (bhīma) - O Bhīma, terrible one

• कौरवान् (kauravān) - Duryodhana and his brothers/followers (the Kauravas)

• सर्वैः (sarvaiḥ) - by all, with all

• उपायैः (upāyaiḥ) - by means, by expedients, by strategies

• विमोच्याः (vimocyāḥ) - to be released, should be released

• ते (te) - the Kauravas (they, those)

• निगृह्य (nigṛhya) - having subdued, having seized, having restrained

• परिपन्थिनः (paripanthinaḥ) - the Gandharvas who captured the Kauravas (enemies, obstructers, highwaymen)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

असौ (asau) - that Gandharva king (that (person/thing))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that (remote demonstrative pronoun)

मृदुयुद्धेन (mṛduyuddhena) - by gentle fighting

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of mṛduyuddha

mṛduyuddha - gentle fighting, mild combat

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mṛdu+yuddha)

• mṛdu – soft, mild, gentle
  adjective
• yuddha – fight, battle, war
  noun (neuter)
  Root: yudh (class 4)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

मुञ्चेत् (muñcet) - he would release, he should release

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of muñc

Optative mood, 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: muc (class 6)

भीम (bhīma) - O Bhīma, terrible one

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhīma

bhīma - terrible, formidable; a name of one of the Pāṇḍavas

Root: bhī (class 3)

कौरवान् (kauravān) - Duryodhana and his brothers/followers (the Kauravas)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kaurava

kaurava - descendant of Kuru; belonging to the Kuru lineage

Derived from Kuru

सर्वैः (sarvaiḥ) - by all, with all

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

उपायैः (upāyaiḥ) - by means, by expedients, by strategies

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of upāya

upāya - means, expedient, strategy, method

From upa + i (to go)

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

विमोच्याः (vimocyāḥ) - to be released, should be released

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vimocya

vimocya - to be released, to be set free

Gerundive

From vi + muc (to release) with ya (suffix)

Prefix: vi

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Agrees with 'te' (Kauravas)

ते (te) - the Kauravas (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it, they

निगृह्य (nigṛhya) - having subdued, having seized, having restrained

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From ni + grah (to seize, take) with ya (suffix)

Prefix: ni

Root: grah (class 9)

परिपन्थिनः (paripanthinaḥ) - the Gandharvas who captured the Kauravas (enemies, obstructers, highwaymen)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of paripanthin

paripanthin - enemy, obstructer, robber, highwayman

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