महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-268, verse-25

करभारुणगात्राणां हरीणां युद्धशालिनाम् ।
कोटीशतसहस्रेण लङ्कामभ्यपतत्तदा ॥२५॥

25. karabhāruṇagātrāṇāṁ harīṇāṁ yuddhaśālinām ,
koṭīśatasahasreṇa laṅkāmabhyapatattadā.

25. karabhāruṇagātrāṇām harīṇām yuddhaśālinām
koṭīśatasahasreṇa laṅkām abhyapatat tadā

25. Then, with a trillion valorous monkeys, whose bodies were reddish, they attacked Lanka.

25. הוא התנפל אז על לַנְקָה עם קופים לוחמים, מאה אלף כוֹטִי (עשרות מיליונים כל אחד), שגופם אדום כגמלים צעירים.

Words meanings summery:

• करभारुणगात्राणाम् (karabhāruṇagātrāṇām) - of those whose bodies were reddish (from exertion or dust) (of those whose bodies are reddish like `karabha`)

• हरीणाम् (harīṇām) - of the monkeys

• युद्धशालिनाम् (yuddhaśālinām) - of those excelling in battle, of the valorous in war

• कोटीशतसहस्रेण (koṭīśatasahasreṇa) - by one trillion, by one hundred thousand crores

• लङ्काम् (laṅkām) - to Lanka

• अभ्यपतत् (abhyapatat) - attacked, rushed towards, fell upon

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

Words meanings and morphology

करभारुणगात्राणाम् (karabhāruṇagātrāṇām) - of those whose bodies were reddish (from exertion or dust) (of those whose bodies are reddish like `karabha`)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of karabhāruṇagātra

karabhāruṇagātra - having reddish bodies like a karabha (elephant's trunk, hand, camel, sun's ray)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (karabha+aruṇa+gātra)

• karabha – elephant's trunk, hand, camel, sun's ray
  noun (masculine)
• aruṇa – reddish, dawn-red, tawny
  adjective (masculine)
• gātra – body, limb
  noun (neuter)

Note: modifies 'harīṇām'

हरीणाम् (harīṇām) - of the monkeys

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of hari

hari - monkey, lion, Vishnu, Indra

युद्धशालिनाम् (yuddhaśālinām) - of those excelling in battle, of the valorous in war

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of yuddhaśālin

yuddhaśālin - excelling in battle, valorous in war

Compound type : tatpurusha (yuddha+śālin)

• yuddha – battle, war, fight
  noun (neuter)
  Root: yudh (class 4)
• śālin – endowed with, possessed of, excelling in
  adjective (masculine)
  suffix -in
  Root: śāl (class 1)

Note: modifies 'harīṇām'

कोटीशतसहस्रेण (koṭīśatasahasreṇa) - by one trillion, by one hundred thousand crores

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of koṭīśatasahasra

koṭīśatasahasra - one trillion (10^12), one hundred thousand times ten million

Compound type : tatpurusha (koṭī+śata+sahasra)

• koṭi – ten million, crore
  noun (feminine)
• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)
• sahasra – thousand
  numeral (neuter)

Note: used adverbially to indicate 'with a trillion'

लङ्काम् (laṅkām) - to Lanka

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of laṅkā

laṅkā - Lanka (proper noun, name of a city/island)

अभ्यपतत् (abhyapatat) - attacked, rushed towards, fell upon

(verb)

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

Imperfect active 3rd singular

a- augment, root pat, -at ending

Prefix: abhi

Root: pat (class 1)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

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