महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-235, verse-2

किं ते व्यवसितं वीर कौरवाणां विनिग्रहे ।
किमर्थं च सदारोऽयं निगृहीतः सुयोधनः ॥२॥

2. kiṁ te vyavasitaṁ vīra kauravāṇāṁ vinigrahe ,
kimarthaṁ ca sadāro'yaṁ nigṛhītaḥ suyodhanaḥ.

2. kim te vyavasitam vīra kauravāṇām vinigrahe
kimartham ca sadāraḥ ayam nigṛhītaḥ suyodhanaḥ

2. O hero, what is your intention regarding the capture of the Kauravas? And for what reason has this Suyodhana, along with his wife, been apprehended?

2. הו גיבור, מה החלטת בעניין תפיסת הקַאוּרַוַה? ולמה נתפס סוּיוֹדְהַנַה הזה יחד עם אשתו?

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what? why?

• ते (te) - Agent in passive construction (by you, Citrasena). (by you (singular))

• व्यवसितम् (vyavasitam) - determined, resolved, intended, undertaken

• वीर (vīra) - Addressed to Citrasena. (O hero)

• कौरवाणाम् (kauravāṇām) - of the Kauravas

• विनिग्रहे (vinigrahe) - in the restraint, in the capture, in the defeat

• किमर्थम् (kimartham) - for what purpose, why

• च (ca) - and

• सदारः (sadāraḥ) - Qualifies Suyodhana. (with his wife/wives)

• अयम् (ayam) - Refers to Suyodhana. (this (one))

• निगृहीतः (nigṛhītaḥ) - Qualifies Suyodhana. (captured, arrested, seized)

• सुयोधनः (suyodhanaḥ) - Suyodhana (Duryodhana)

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what? why?

(interrogative pronoun)

Note: Functions as the subject here in 'what is determined?'.

ते (te) - Agent in passive construction (by you, Citrasena). (by you (singular))

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Agent of the past passive participle 'vyavasitam'.

व्यवसितम् (vyavasitam) - determined, resolved, intended, undertaken

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vyavasita

vyavasita - determined, resolved, undertaken, intended

past passive participle

formed from root so with upasargas vi- and ava-

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: so (class 4)

Note: Functions predicatively here.

वीर (vīra) - Addressed to Citrasena. (O hero)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, brave man, warrior

कौरवाणाम् (kauravāṇām) - of the Kauravas

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kaurava

kaurava - descendant of Kuru; a prince of the Kuru dynasty

Note: Depends on 'vinigrahe'.

विनिग्रहे (vinigrahe) - in the restraint, in the capture, in the defeat

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vinigraha

vinigraha - restraint, subduing, capture, defeat

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Denotes the object of action.

किमर्थम् (kimartham) - for what purpose, why

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpurusha (kim+artha)

• kim – what, which
  interrogative pronoun
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adverbial usage.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

सदारः (sadāraḥ) - Qualifies Suyodhana. (with his wife/wives)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sadāra

sadāra - accompanied by his wife/wives

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+dāra)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• dāra – wife (often plural, but refers to singular also)
  noun (masculine)

अयम् (ayam) - Refers to Suyodhana. (this (one))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

निगृहीतः (nigṛhītaḥ) - Qualifies Suyodhana. (captured, arrested, seized)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nigṛhīta

nigṛhīta - captured, arrested, seized, restrained

past passive participle

formed from root grah with upasargas ni-

Prefix: ni

Root: grah (class 9)

सुयोधनः (suyodhanaḥ) - Suyodhana (Duryodhana)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of suyodhana

suyodhana - Suyodhana (a name for Duryodhana)

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