महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-64, verse-16

आचार्यपुत्रो यः शूरः सर्वशस्त्रभृतामपि ।
अश्वत्थामेति विख्यातः कथं तेन समागमः ॥१६॥

16. ācāryaputro yaḥ śūraḥ sarvaśastrabhṛtāmapi ,
aśvatthāmeti vikhyātaḥ kathaṁ tena samāgamaḥ.

16. ācāryaputraḥ yaḥ śūraḥ sarvaśastrabhṛtām api
aśvatthāmā iti vikhyātaḥ katham tena samāgamaḥ

16. How did you encounter Aśvatthāman, the brave son of the preceptor, who is renowned even among all who bear arms?

Words meanings summery:

• आचार्यपुत्रः (ācāryaputraḥ) - son of the teacher

• यः (yaḥ) - who, he who

• शूरः (śūraḥ) - brave, hero

• सर्वशस्त्रभृताम् (sarvaśastrabhṛtām) - of all weapon-bearers

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• अश्वत्थामा (aśvatthāmā) - Aśvatthāman (proper name)

• इति (iti) - thus, so called

• विख्यातः (vikhyātaḥ) - renowned, famous

• कथम् (katham) - how?

• तेन (tena) - by him, with him

• समागमः (samāgamaḥ) - encounter, meeting

Words meanings and morphology

आचार्यपुत्रः (ācāryaputraḥ) - son of the teacher

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ācāryaputra

ācāryaputra - son of a teacher, preceptor's son

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (ācārya+putra)

• ācārya – teacher, preceptor
  noun (masculine)
• putra – son
  noun (masculine)

यः (yaḥ) - who, he who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

शूरः (śūraḥ) - brave, hero

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śūra

śūra - brave, valiant, hero

सर्वशस्त्रभृताम् (sarvaśastrabhṛtām) - of all weapon-bearers

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sarvaśastrabhṛt

sarvaśastrabhṛt - one who bears all weapons, all weapon-bearers

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+śastrabhṛt)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective (masculine)
• śastrabhṛt – weapon-bearer, warrior
  noun (masculine)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

अश्वत्थामा (aśvatthāmā) - Aśvatthāman (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aśvatthāman

aśvatthāman - Aśvatthāman (proper name, son of Droṇa)

इति (iti) - thus, so called

(indeclinable)

विख्यातः (vikhyātaḥ) - renowned, famous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vikhyāta

vikhyāta - renowned, famous, well-known

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root khyā (to be known) with prefix vi-.

Prefix: vi

Root: khyā

कथम् (katham) - how?

(indeclinable)

तेन (tena) - by him, with him

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

समागमः (samāgamaḥ) - encounter, meeting

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samāgama

samāgama - meeting, conjunction, encounter

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: gam

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