महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-40, verse-42

ततो वृक्षैः शिलाभिश्च योधयामास फल्गुनः ।
यथा वृक्षान्महाकायः प्रत्यगृह्णादथो शिलाः ॥४२॥

42. tato vṛkṣaiḥ śilābhiśca yodhayāmāsa phalgunaḥ ,
yathā vṛkṣānmahākāyaḥ pratyagṛhṇādatho śilāḥ.

42. tataḥ vṛkṣaiḥ śilābhiḥ ca yodhayāmāsa phalgunah
yathā vṛkṣān mahākāyaḥ pratyagṛhṇāt atho śilāḥ

42. Then Arjuna fought with trees and rocks. Just as the great-bodied (Kirāta) received the trees, so too did he receive the rocks.

42. אז פַּלְגוּנַה לחם בעצים ובסלעים, אך בעל הגוף הענקי קיבל את העצים ואת הסלעים כמו שהם.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - Then, thereupon

• वृक्षैः (vṛkṣaiḥ) - With trees

• शिलाभिः (śilābhiḥ) - With rocks

• च (ca) - And

• योधयामास (yodhayāmāsa) - He fought

• फल्गुनह् (phalgunah) - Arjuna

• यथा (yathā) - As, just as

• वृक्षान् (vṛkṣān) - Trees

• महाकायः (mahākāyaḥ) - The great-bodied (Kirāta) (Great-bodied, giant)

• प्रत्यगृह्णात् (pratyagṛhṇāt) - He received, he countered

• अथो (atho) - And also, moreover

• शिलाः (śilāḥ) - Rocks

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - Then, thereupon

(indeclinable)

वृक्षैः (vṛkṣaiḥ) - With trees

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vṛkṣa

vṛkṣa - Tree, plant

शिलाभिः (śilābhiḥ) - With rocks

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of śilā

śilā - Stone, rock, slab

च (ca) - And

(indeclinable)

योधयामास (yodhayāmāsa) - He fought

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Perfect (Lit) of yudh

Causative, Periphrastic Perfect

Formed from causative stem `yodh-` with `āmāsa` (Perfect of `as` + `ām` suffix)

Root: yudh (class 4)

फल्गुनह् (phalgunah) - Arjuna

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of phalguna

phalguna - Arjuna (a name of Arjuna)

यथा (yathā) - As, just as

(indeclinable)

वृक्षान् (vṛkṣān) - Trees

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vṛkṣa

vṛkṣa - Tree, plant

महाकायः (mahākāyaḥ) - The great-bodied (Kirāta) (Great-bodied, giant)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahākāya

mahākāya - Of a large body, gigantic, colossal

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+kāya)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• kāya – body, collection, group
  noun (masculine)

प्रत्यगृह्णात् (pratyagṛhṇāt) - He received, he countered

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Imperfect (Laṅ) of pratigrah

Prefix: prati

Root: grah (class 9)

अथो (atho) - And also, moreover

(indeclinable)

शिलाः (śilāḥ) - Rocks

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of śilā

śilā - Stone, rock, slab

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