महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-38, verse-17

प्रातिष्ठत महाबाहुः प्रगृहीतशरासनः ।
वधाय धार्तराष्ट्राणां निःश्वस्योर्ध्वमुदीक्ष्य च ॥१७॥

17. prātiṣṭhata mahābāhuḥ pragṛhītaśarāsanaḥ ,
vadhāya dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṁ niḥśvasyordhvamudīkṣya ca.

17. prātiṣṭhata mahābāhuḥ pragṛhīta-śarāsanaḥ vadhāya
dhārtarāṣṭrāṇām niḥśvasya ūrdhvam udīkṣya ca

17. The mighty-armed one (Arjuna), with his bow taken up, set forth for the destruction of the Dhārtarāṣṭras, having first sighed and looked upwards.

17. יצא לדרך, כשקשתו אחוזה בידו, כדי להשמיד את בני דְהְרְטַרָאשְׁטְרַה, אחרי שנאנח והביט כלפי מעלה.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रातिष्ठत (prātiṣṭhata) - he set out, he started, he proceeded

• महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - Arjuna (the mighty-armed one)

• प्रगृहीत-शरासनः (pragṛhīta-śarāsanaḥ) - with his bow taken up, having taken up his bow

• वधाय (vadhāya) - for the slaying, for the destruction

• धार्तराष्ट्राणाम् (dhārtarāṣṭrāṇām) - of the Kauravas (of the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

• निःश्वस्य (niḥśvasya) - having sighed

• ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - upwards

• उदीक्ष्य (udīkṣya) - having looked up, having gazed upwards

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

प्रातिष्ठत (prātiṣṭhata) - he set out, he started, he proceeded

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Imperfect (past) (laṅ) of √sthā

Prefixes: pra+ati

Root: √sthā (class 1)

महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - Arjuna (the mighty-armed one)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahābāhu

mahābāhu - mighty-armed, one with great arms

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bāhu)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective
• bāhu – arm, hand
  noun (masculine)

प्रगृहीत-शरासनः (pragṛhīta-śarāsanaḥ) - with his bow taken up, having taken up his bow

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pragṛhīta-śarāsana

pragṛhīta-śarāsana - one who has taken up a bow

A Bahuvrīhi compound meaning 'one by whom a bow has been taken up'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pragṛhīta+śarāsana)

• pragṛhīta – taken up, grasped, seized
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of the root √grah (to seize, take) with the prefix 'pra'.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: √grah (class 9)
• śarāsana – bow (literally 'arrow-seat')
  noun (neuter)
  From 'śara' (arrow) and 'āsana' (seat, instrument).

वधाय (vadhāya) - for the slaying, for the destruction

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of vadha

vadha - slaying, killing, destruction

धार्तराष्ट्राणाम् (dhārtarāṣṭrāṇām) - of the Kauravas (of the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of dhārtarāṣṭra

dhārtarāṣṭra - a descendant of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Patronymic derivation from Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

निःश्वस्य (niḥśvasya) - having sighed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive form of the root √śvas (to breathe, sigh) with the prefix 'nis'.

Prefix: nis

Root: √śvas (class 2)

ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - upwards

(indeclinable)

उदीक्ष्य (udīkṣya) - having looked up, having gazed upwards

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive form of the root √īkṣ (to see, behold) with the prefix 'ud'.

Prefix: ud

Root: √īkṣ (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

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