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4,61

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-61, verse-17

तथा तु यान्तं पुरुषप्रवीरं भीष्मः शरैरभ्यहनत्तरस्वी ।
स चापि भीष्मस्य हयान्निहत्य विव्याध पार्श्वे दशभिः पृषत्कैः ॥१७॥
17. tathā tu yāntaṁ puruṣapravīraṁ; bhīṣmaḥ śarairabhyahanattarasvī ,
sa cāpi bhīṣmasya hayānnihatya; vivyādha pārśve daśabhiḥ pṛṣatkaiḥ.
17. tathā tu yāntam puruṣapravīram
bhīṣmaḥ śaraiḥ abhi ahanat tarasvī
saḥ ca api bhīṣmasya hayān nihatya
vivyādha pārśve daśabhiḥ pṛṣatkaiḥ
17. Then, the powerful Bhīṣma struck with arrows that foremost among men (puruṣapravīra) who was thus advancing. And Arjuna, in turn, having struck down Bhīṣma's horses, pierced him in the side with ten arrows.

Words meanings summery:

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  • तथा (tathā) - then (thus, so, then)
  • तु (tu) - indeed (emphasizing the action) (but, indeed, however)
  • यान्तम् (yāntam) - advancing (Arjuna) (going, moving, proceeding)
  • पुरुषप्रवीरम् (puruṣapravīram) - foremost among men (Arjuna) (foremost among men, hero among men)
  • भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhīṣma
  • शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows
  • अभि (abhi) - against (towards, against, upon)
  • अहनत् (ahanat) - struck (struck, killed, smote)
  • तरस्वी (tarasvī) - the powerful one (Bhīṣma) (powerful, strong, swift)
  • सः (saḥ) - he (Arjuna) (he, that)
  • (ca) - and (and, also)
  • अपि (api) - in turn, also (also, even, too)
  • भीष्मस्य (bhīṣmasya) - of Bhīṣma
  • हयान् (hayān) - horses
  • निहत्य (nihatya) - having struck down (having struck down, having killed)
  • विव्याध (vivyādha) - pierced (pierced, struck)
  • पार्श्वे (pārśve) - in the side (in the side, on the flank)
  • दशभिः (daśabhiḥ) - with ten
  • पृषत्कैः (pṛṣatkaiḥ) - with arrows

Words meanings and morphology

तथा (tathā) - then (thus, so, then)
(indeclinable)
तु (tu) - indeed (emphasizing the action) (but, indeed, however)
(indeclinable)
यान्तम् (yāntam) - advancing (Arjuna) (going, moving, proceeding)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of yānt
yānt - going, moving
present active participle
present active participle of √yā 'to go'
Root: yā (class 2)
पुरुषप्रवीरम् (puruṣapravīram) - foremost among men (Arjuna) (foremost among men, hero among men)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of puruṣapravīra
puruṣapravīra - hero among men, foremost of men
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+pravīra)
  • puruṣa – man, person, male
    noun (masculine)
  • pravīra – hero, excellent, brave
    adjective (masculine)
भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhīṣma
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma
bhīṣma - Bhīṣma (name of a Kuru warrior), terrible, awful
शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara
śara - arrow, reed
अभि (abhi) - against (towards, against, upon)
(indeclinable)
अहनत् (ahanat) - struck (struck, killed, smote)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of han
Root: han (class 2)
तरस्वी (tarasvī) - the powerful one (Bhīṣma) (powerful, strong, swift)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of tarasvin
tarasvin - powerful, strong, swift, vigorous
सः (saḥ) - he (Arjuna) (he, that)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
(ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
अपि (api) - in turn, also (also, even, too)
(indeclinable)
भीष्मस्य (bhīṣmasya) - of Bhīṣma
(proper noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of bhīṣma
bhīṣma - Bhīṣma (name of a Kuru warrior), terrible, awful
हयान् (hayān) - horses
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of haya
haya - horse
निहत्य (nihatya) - having struck down (having struck down, having killed)
(indeclinable)
absolutive (gerund)
absolutive from ni-√han 'to strike down'
Prefix: ni
Root: han (class 2)
विव्याध (vivyādha) - pierced (pierced, struck)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vyadh
Prefix: vi
Root: vyadh (class 4)
पार्श्वे (pārśve) - in the side (in the side, on the flank)
(noun)
Locative, neuter, singular of pārśva
pārśva - side, flank, vicinity
दशभिः (daśabhiḥ) - with ten
(numeral)
पृषत्कैः (pṛṣatkaiḥ) - with arrows
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of pṛṣatka
pṛṣatka - arrow