महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-274, verse-19

स रामाय महाघोरं विससर्ज निशाचरः ।
शूलमिन्द्राशनिप्रख्यं ब्रह्मदण्डमिवोद्यतम् ॥१९॥

19. sa rāmāya mahāghoraṁ visasarja niśācaraḥ ,
śūlamindrāśaniprakhyaṁ brahmadaṇḍamivodyatam.

19. sa rāmāya mahāghoram visasarja niśācaraḥ śūlam
indrāśaniprakhyam brahmadaṇḍam iva udyatam

19. That night-roamer (Rāvaṇa) hurled a very terrible spear towards Rāma, one that resembled Indra's thunderbolt and was like Brahmā's raised staff.

19. הרָאקְשַׁסַה ההולך בלילות השליך אל רָאמַה חנית איומה מאוד, הדומה לברק של אִינְדְרַה, מורמת כמו מטה העונש של בְּרַהְמָה.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - He (Rāvaṇa) (he, that (masculine nominative singular))

• रामाय (rāmāya) - to Rāma, for Rāma

• महाघोरम् (mahāghoram) - a very terrible (spear) (very terrible, greatly dreadful)

• विससर्ज (visasarja) - hurled, discharged, released

• निशाचरः (niśācaraḥ) - Rāvaṇa, the night-roamer (night-roamer, demon)

• शूलम् (śūlam) - spear, pike, dart

• इन्द्राशनिप्रख्यम् (indrāśaniprakhyam) - (a spear) resembling Indra's thunderbolt (resembling Indra's thunderbolt)

• ब्रह्मदण्डम् (brahmadaṇḍam) - Brahmā's staff

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as it were

• उद्यतम् (udyatam) - (like a) raised (staff) (raised, uplifted, prepared)

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - He (Rāvaṇa) (he, that (masculine nominative singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

रामाय (rāmāya) - to Rāma, for Rāma

(proper noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (proper noun, name of the hero)

महाघोरम् (mahāghoram) - a very terrible (spear) (very terrible, greatly dreadful)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahāghora

mahāghora - very terrible, greatly dreadful, exceedingly frightful

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ghora)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ghora – terrible, dreadful, frightful
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'śūlam'.

विससर्ज (visasarja) - hurled, discharged, released

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of sṛj

Perfect, third person singular

Reduplicated perfect form from root sṛj (to hurl) with upasarga vi-.

Prefix: vi

Root: sṛj (class 6)

निशाचरः (niśācaraḥ) - Rāvaṇa, the night-roamer (night-roamer, demon)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niśācara

niśācara - night-roamer, night-walker, demon

Compound niśā (night) + cara (mover).

Compound type : tatpurusha (niśā+cara)

• niśā – night
  noun (feminine)
• cara – moving, walking; one who moves/walks
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/adjective from √car
  From root car (to move, wander).
  Root: car (class 1)

शूलम् (śūlam) - spear, pike, dart

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śūla

śūla - a spear, pike, dart; stake, trident

इन्द्राशनिप्रख्यम् (indrāśaniprakhyam) - (a spear) resembling Indra's thunderbolt (resembling Indra's thunderbolt)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of indrāśaniprakhya

indrāśaniprakhya - resembling Indra's thunderbolt

Compound: Indra (god) + aśani (thunderbolt) + prakhya (resembling).

Compound type : tatpurusha (indra+aśani+prakhya)

• indra – Indra (proper noun, king of gods)
  proper noun (masculine)
• aśani – thunderbolt, lightning
  noun (masculine)
• prakhya – like, resembling, similar to
  adjective (neuter)
  From pra-√khyā 'to be seen, appear'.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'śūlam'.

ब्रह्मदण्डम् (brahmadaṇḍam) - Brahmā's staff

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of brahmadaṇḍa

brahmadaṇḍa - Brahmā's staff, the rod of Brahmā (a mythical weapon of immense power)

Compound type : tatpurusha (brahman+daṇḍa)

• brahman – Brahmā (proper noun, the creator god)
  proper noun (masculine)
• daṇḍa – staff, rod, stick, punishment
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'śūlam' and 'indrāśaniprakhyam' in meaning and case.

इव (iva) - like, as if, as it were

(indeclinable)

उद्यतम् (udyatam) - (like a) raised (staff) (raised, uplifted, prepared)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of udyata

udyata - raised, uplifted, ready, prepared

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root yam (to raise, hold) with upasarga ud-.

Prefix: ud

Root: yam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'brahmadaṇḍam'.

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