महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-46, verse-24

तत्रैनं लोकपालास्ते दर्शयामासुरर्जुनम् ।
अस्त्रहेतोः पराक्रान्तं तपसा कौरवर्षभम् ॥२४॥

24. tatrainaṁ lokapālāste darśayāmāsurarjunam ,
astrahetoḥ parākrāntaṁ tapasā kauravarṣabham.

24. tatra enam lokapālāḥ te darśayāmāsuḥ arjunam
astrahetoḥ parākrāntam tapasā kauravarṣabham

24. There, those world-guardians (lokapāla) showed Arjuna, the foremost of the Kurus, who was valiant through his austerity (tapas) for the sake of obtaining divine weapons.

24. שם הראו שומרי העולמות את עצמם לאַרְג׳וּנַה, אדם דגול מבית קוּרוּ, אחרי שהתאמץ בתרגול רוחני בשל רצונו בנשקים.

Words meanings summery:

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• एनम् (enam) - Arjuna (him, this one)

• लोकपालाः (lokapālāḥ) - world-guardians, protectors of the world

• ते (te) - referring to the lokapālas (they, those)

• दर्शयामासुः (darśayāmāsuḥ) - they showed

• अर्जुनम् (arjunam) - Arjuna

• अस्त्रहेतोः (astrahetoḥ) - for the sake of weapons, on account of weapons

• पराक्रान्तम् (parākrāntam) - who was valiant/powerful (valiant, mighty, powerful)

• तपसा (tapasā) - by austerity, by penance

• कौरवर्षभम् (kauravarṣabham) - Arjuna, who is the foremost among the Kurus (the best of the Kurus)

Words meanings and morphology

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

एनम् (enam) - Arjuna (him, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, that

लोकपालाः (lokapālāḥ) - world-guardians, protectors of the world

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of lokapāla

lokapāla - world-guardian, protector of the world

Compound type : tatpurusha (loka+pāla)

• loka – world, realm
  noun (masculine)
• pāla – protector, guardian
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pāl (class 1)

ते (te) - referring to the lokapālas (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

दर्शयामासुः (darśayāmāsuḥ) - they showed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (Lit) of darśayāmāsuḥ

Perfect tense, periphrastic formation

Causative stem of dṛś (to see), with the auxiliary verb kṛ (to do) in perfect tense, or ās (to be)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

अर्जुनम् (arjunam) - Arjuna

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna (proper name), white, clear

अस्त्रहेतोः (astrahetoḥ) - for the sake of weapons, on account of weapons

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of astrahetu

astrahetu - cause of weapons, for the sake of weapons

Compound type : tatpurusha (astra+hetu)

• astra – weapon, missile
  noun (neuter)
• hetu – cause, reason, motive
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used with ablative to mean 'for the sake of'.

पराक्रान्तम् (parākrāntam) - who was valiant/powerful (valiant, mighty, powerful)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of parākrānta

parākrānta - valiant, powerful, overcome, attacked

Past Passive Participle

Derived from 'parā-kram' (to be powerful, to be valiant)

Prefix: parā

Root: kram (class 1)

Note: Agrees with Arjuna (enam/arjunam/kauravarṣabham).

तपसा (tapasā) - by austerity, by penance

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - austerity, penance, heat

कौरवर्षभम् (kauravarṣabham) - Arjuna, who is the foremost among the Kurus (the best of the Kurus)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kauravarṣabha

kauravarṣabha - bull among Kurus, chief of Kurus, best of Kurus

Compound type : tatpurusha (kaurava+ṛṣabha)

• kaurava – descendant of Kuru, belonging to Kuru
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from Kuru + aṇ affix
• ṛṣabha – bull, best, chief, excellent
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with Arjuna.

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