महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-54, verse-2

तयोर्देवासुरसमः संनिपातो महानभूत् ।
किरतोः शरजालानि वृत्रवासवयोरिव ॥२॥

2. tayordevāsurasamaḥ saṁnipāto mahānabhūt ,
kiratoḥ śarajālāni vṛtravāsavayoriva.

2. tayoḥ devāsurasamaḥ saṃnipātaḥ mahān abhūt
kiratoḥ śarajālāni vṛtravāsavayoḥ iva

2. A great battle, resembling the clash between devas and asuras, occurred between those two, as they showered multitudes of arrows like Vṛtra and Vāsava (Indra).

2. המפגש ביניהם היה גדול, כקרב בין אלים לדמונים, כששניהם פיזרו רשתות חיצים, כמו וְרְטְרַה ואִינְדְרַה.

Words meanings summery:

• तयोः (tayoḥ) - of those two, between those two

• देवासुरसमः (devāsurasamaḥ) - like devas and asuras, resembling devas and asuras

• संनिपातः (saṁnipātaḥ) - collision, encounter, battle

• महान् (mahān) - great, large, mighty

• अभूत् (abhūt) - it happened, it occurred, it was

• किरतोः (kiratoḥ) - of the two showering/scattering

• शरजालानि (śarajālāni) - multitudes of arrows, nets of arrows

• वृत्रवासवयोः (vṛtravāsavayoḥ) - of Vṛtra and Vāsava (Indra)

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

Words meanings and morphology

तयोः (tayoḥ) - of those two, between those two

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

देवासुरसमः (devāsurasamaḥ) - like devas and asuras, resembling devas and asuras

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of devāsurasama

devāsurasama - equal to gods and demons

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deva+asura+sama)

• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• asura – demon, titan, anti-god
  noun (masculine)
• sama – equal, similar, like, same
  adjective

संनिपातः (saṁnipātaḥ) - collision, encounter, battle

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃnipāta

saṁnipāta - falling together, collision, encounter, battle, assembly

Derived from root √pat (to fall) with upasargas 'sam' and 'ni'.

Prefixes: sam+ni

Root: pat (class 1)

महान् (mahān) - great, large, mighty

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, important

Note: Agrees with 'saṃnipātaḥ'

अभूत् (abhūt) - it happened, it occurred, it was

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

किरतोः (kiratoḥ) - of the two showering/scattering

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, dual of kirat

kirat - scattering, strewing, showering

Present Active Participle

Derived from root √kṛ (to scatter, pour, throw) with present participle suffix 'śatṛ'.

Root: kṛ (class 6)

Note: Agrees with 'tayoḥ'

शरजालानि (śarajālāni) - multitudes of arrows, nets of arrows

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of śarajāla

śarajāla - net of arrows, shower of arrows, multitude of arrows

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śara+jāla)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• jāla – net, snare, multitude, collection
  noun (neuter)

वृत्रवासवयोः (vṛtravāsavayoḥ) - of Vṛtra and Vāsava (Indra)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of vṛtravāsava

vṛtravāsava - Vṛtra and Vāsava (Indra)

Compound type : dvandva (vṛtra+vāsava)

• vṛtra – Vṛtra, a Vedic demon slain by Indra
  proper noun (masculine)
• vāsava – Vāsava, an epithet of Indra
  proper noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

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