महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-124, verse-13

ध्वजाङ्कुशपताकाङ्कं दक्षिणं ते सुदक्षिणः ।
स्कन्धे निक्षिपतां बाहुं शान्तये भरतर्षभ ॥१३॥

13. dhvajāṅkuśapatākāṅkaṁ dakṣiṇaṁ te sudakṣiṇaḥ ,
skandhe nikṣipatāṁ bāhuṁ śāntaye bharatarṣabha.

13. dhvajāṅkuśapatākāṅkam dakṣiṇam te sudakṣiṇaḥ
skandhe nikṣipatām bāhum śāntaye bharatarṣabha

13. O best of Bharatas, let the very skillful one [Bhīma] place his right arm, which is marked with a flag, a goad, and a banner, upon your shoulder for your tranquility (śānti).

Words meanings summery:

• ध्वजाङ्कुशपताकाङ्कम् (dhvajāṅkuśapatākāṅkam) - marked with a flag, a goad, and a banner

• दक्षिणम् (dakṣiṇam) - right (arm) (right)

• ते (te) - your

• सुदक्षिणः (sudakṣiṇaḥ) - the very skillful one (referring to Bhīma) (the very skillful one)

• स्कन्धे (skandhe) - on the shoulder

• निक्षिपताम् (nikṣipatām) - let him place, let him throw down

• बाहुम् (bāhum) - arm

• शान्तये (śāntaye) - for peace, for tranquility

• भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of Bharatas

Words meanings and morphology

ध्वजाङ्कुशपताकाङ्कम् (dhvajāṅkuśapatākāṅkam) - marked with a flag, a goad, and a banner

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dhvajāṅkuśapatākāṅka

dhvajāṅkuśapatākāṅka - marked with a flag, a goad, and a banner

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dhvaja+aṅkuśa+patākā+aṅka)

• dhvaja – flag, banner
  noun (masculine)
• aṅkuśa – goad, elephant-goad
  noun (masculine)
• patākā – banner, flag
  noun (feminine)
• aṅka – mark, sign, symbol
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'bāhum'

दक्षिणम् (dakṣiṇam) - right (arm) (right)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dakṣiṇa

dakṣiṇa - right, southern, skillful

Note: Agrees with 'bāhum'

ते (te) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

सुदक्षिणः (sudakṣiṇaḥ) - the very skillful one (referring to Bhīma) (the very skillful one)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sudakṣiṇa

sudakṣiṇa - very skillful, very clever, benevolent, a proper name

स्कन्धे (skandhe) - on the shoulder

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of skandha

skandha - shoulder, trunk of a tree, section, chapter

निक्षिपताम् (nikṣipatām) - let him place, let him throw down

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of nikṣip

Prefix: ni

Root: kṣip (class 6)

बाहुम् (bāhum) - arm

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bāhu

bāhu - arm

शान्तये (śāntaye) - for peace, for tranquility

(noun)

Dative, feminine, singular of śānti

śānti - peace, tranquility, calm, cessation of pain

भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of Bharatas

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatarṣabha

bharatarṣabha - best of Bharatas

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bharata+ṛṣabha)

• bharata – a descendant of Bharata, an Indian
  proper noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, chief, best, excellent
  noun (masculine)

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