महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-38, verse-15

निदेशाद्धर्मराजस्य द्रष्टुं देवं पुरंदरम् ।
धनुर्गाण्डीवमादाय तथाक्षय्यौ महेषुधी ॥१५॥

15. nideśāddharmarājasya draṣṭuṁ devaṁ puraṁdaram ,
dhanurgāṇḍīvamādāya tathākṣayyau maheṣudhī.

15. nideśāt dharmarājasya draṣṭum devam purandaram
dhanuḥ gāṇḍīvam ādāya tathā akṣayyau maheṣudhī

15. By the command of Dharma-rāja, to see the god Purandara, (Arjuna set out) having taken his Gāṇḍīva bow and the two inexhaustible quivers.

15. בהוראת דְהַרְמַרָאג׳ַה, כדי לראות את האל פּוּרַנְדַרַה, (לקח אַרְג׳וּנַה) את קשת גָאנְדִיוַה ואת שתי אשפות החיצים הגדולות שאינן מתרוקנות,

Words meanings summery:

• निदेशात् (nideśāt) - by the command

• धर्मराजस्य (dharmarājasya) - of Dharma-rāja

• द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see

• देवम् (devam) - god

• पुरन्दरम् (purandaram) - Purandara (Indra)

• धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

• गाण्डीवम् (gāṇḍīvam) - Gāṇḍīva (bow)

• आदाय (ādāya) - having taken

• तथा (tathā) - and, also

• अक्षय्यौ (akṣayyau) - the two inexhaustible ones

• महेषुधी (maheṣudhī) - the two quivers

Words meanings and morphology

निदेशात् (nideśāt) - by the command

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of nideśa

nideśa - command, instruction, order

धर्मराजस्य (dharmarājasya) - of Dharma-rāja

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dharmarāja

dharmarāja - king of (natural) law (dharma); an epithet of Yama; Yudhiṣṭhira

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (dharma+rājan)

• dharma – constitution, natural law, intrinsic nature, righteous conduct
  noun (masculine)
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form of root 'dṛś'

Root: dṛś (class 1)

देवम् (devam) - god

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity

पुरन्दरम् (purandaram) - Purandara (Indra)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of purandara

purandara - destroyer of cities (an epithet of Indra)

धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dhanus

dhanus - bow

गाण्डीवम् (gāṇḍīvam) - Gāṇḍīva (bow)

(proper noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of gāṇḍīva

gāṇḍīva - name of Arjuna's bow

आदाय (ādāya) - having taken

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Absolutive (gerund) form of root 'dā' with prefix 'ā'

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

तथा (tathā) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अक्षय्यौ (akṣayyau) - the two inexhaustible ones

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, dual of akṣayya

akṣayya - inexhaustible, imperishable, unfading

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

Negated form of 'kṣayya' (perishable), which is a gerundive of root 'kṣi'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kṣayya)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• kṣayya – perishable, exhaustible
  adjective (masculine)
  Gerundive
  Gerundive of root 'kṣi'
  Root: kṣi (class 5)

महेषुधी (maheṣudhī) - the two quivers

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of maheṣudhi

maheṣudhi - great quiver, quiver (for great arrows)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+iṣudhi)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (masculine)
• iṣudhi – quiver (for arrows)
  noun (masculine)

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