महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-64, verse-18

पर्वतं योऽभिविध्येत राजपुत्रो महेषुभिः ।
दुर्योधनेन ते तात कथमासीत्समागमः ॥१८॥

18. parvataṁ yo'bhividhyeta rājaputro maheṣubhiḥ ,
duryodhanena te tāta kathamāsītsamāgamaḥ.

18. parvatam yaḥ abhividhyeta rājaputraḥ maheṣubhiḥ
duryodhanena te tāta katham āsīt samāgamaḥ

18. O dear one, how was your encounter with Duryodhana, [a prince] who might pierce a mountain with mighty arrows?

Words meanings summery:

• पर्वतम् (parvatam) - mountain

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• अभिविध्येत (abhividhyeta) - might pierce, would pierce

• राजपुत्रः (rājaputraḥ) - prince, son of a king

• महेषुभिः (maheṣubhiḥ) - with great arrows

• दुर्योधनेन (duryodhanena) - by Duryodhana

• ते (te) - your

• तात (tāta) - dear one, father

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• आसीत् (āsīt) - was, it was

• समागमः (samāgamaḥ) - meeting, encounter

Words meanings and morphology

पर्वतम् (parvatam) - mountain

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of parvata

parvata - mountain, hill

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

अभिविध्येत (abhividhyeta) - might pierce, would pierce

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of vidh

Prefix: abhi

Root: vidh (class 4)

राजपुत्रः (rājaputraḥ) - prince, son of a king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājaputra

rājaputra - prince, son of a king

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājan+putra)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• putra – son
  noun (masculine)

महेषुभिः (maheṣubhiḥ) - with great arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of maheṣu

maheṣu - great arrow

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+iṣu)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• iṣu – arrow
  noun (masculine)

दुर्योधनेन (duryodhanena) - by Duryodhana

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of duryodhana

duryodhana - Duryodhana (a Kaurava prince)

ते (te) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

तात (tāta) - dear one, father

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear one (term of endearment)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

आसीत् (āsīt) - was, it was

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

समागमः (samāgamaḥ) - meeting, encounter

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samāgama

samāgama - meeting, conjunction, encounter

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