महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-12, verse-19

बबन्ध कक्ष्यां कौन्तेयस्ततस्तं हर्षयञ्जनम् ।
ततस्तं वृत्रसंकाशं भीमो मल्लं समाह्वयत् ॥१९॥

19. babandha kakṣyāṁ kaunteyastatastaṁ harṣayañjanam ,
tatastaṁ vṛtrasaṁkāśaṁ bhīmo mallaṁ samāhvayat.

19. babandha kakṣyām kaunteyaḥ tataḥ tam harṣayan janam
| tataḥ tam vṛtrasaṃkāśam bhīmaḥ mallam samāhvayat

19. Then Bhīma (Kaunteya) tied his girdle, gladdening the people. Subsequently, Bhīma challenged that wrestler, who was as formidable as Vṛtra.

19. בן קוּנְטִי חגר את מותניו וגרם שמחה לקהל, ואז קרא בְּהִימַה למתאבק שדמה לוְרְטְרַה להתמודד איתו.

Words meanings summery:

• बबन्ध (babandha) - bound, tied, fastened

• कक्ष्याम् (kakṣyām) - girdle, waistband

• कौन्तेयः (kaunteyaḥ) - Bhīma, son of Kuntī (son of Kuntī)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, afterwards, thence

• तम् (tam) - that assembly/people (him, that)

• हर्षयन् (harṣayan) - gladdening, causing joy

• जनम् (janam) - people, person, assembly

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, afterwards, thence

• तम् (tam) - that wrestler (him, that)

• वृत्रसंकाशम् (vṛtrasaṁkāśam) - resembling Vṛtra, Vṛtra-like

• भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - Bhīma (the Pāṇḍava prince) (terrible, formidable; name of Bhīma)

• मल्लम् (mallam) - wrestler, athlete

• समाह्वयत् (samāhvayat) - challenged, summoned

Words meanings and morphology

बबन्ध (babandha) - bound, tied, fastened

(verb)

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

Perfect

reduplicated perfect, 3rd person singular, parasmaipada

Root: bandh (class 9)

कक्ष्याम् (kakṣyām) - girdle, waistband

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kakṣyā

kakṣyā - girdle, waistband, loin-cloth; a boundary; an arena; a part of a house

कौन्तेयः (kaunteyaḥ) - Bhīma, son of Kuntī (son of Kuntī)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaunteya

kaunteya - son of Kuntī (e.g., Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, Arjuna)

derived from Kuntī with patronymic suffix

ततः (tataḥ) - then, afterwards, thence

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - that assembly/people (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, it

हर्षयन् (harṣayan) - gladdening, causing joy

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of harṣayat

harṣayat - gladdening, rejoicing, exhilarating

Present Active Participle

causative stem (harṣay-) from root hṛṣ + śatṛ suffix

Root: hṛṣ (class 1)

जनम् (janam) - people, person, assembly

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jana

jana - person, people, mankind, an individual

ततः (tataḥ) - then, afterwards, thence

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - that wrestler (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, it

वृत्रसंकाशम् (vṛtrasaṁkāśam) - resembling Vṛtra, Vṛtra-like

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vṛtrasaṃkāśa

vṛtrasaṁkāśa - resembling Vṛtra, like Vṛtra (a powerful demon)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vṛtra+saṃkāśa)

• vṛtra – Vṛtra (name of an asura/demon); cloud; cover
  proper noun (masculine)
• saṃkāśa – resembling, like, appearing as, similar to
  adjective (masculine)
  from root kāś (to appear, shine) with prefix sam-
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kāś (class 1)

भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - Bhīma (the Pāṇḍava prince) (terrible, formidable; name of Bhīma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīma

bhīma - terrible, formidable, dreadful; name of the second Pāṇḍava

मल्लम् (mallam) - wrestler, athlete

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of malla

malla - wrestler, boxer, athlete; a powerful man; a certain tribe or region

समाह्वयत् (samāhvayat) - challenged, summoned

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of samāhvay

Imperfect

3rd person singular, parasmaipada, prefixed with sam-ā-

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: hve (class 1)

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