महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-134, verse-15

कुन्त्युवाच ।
सदश्व इव स क्षिप्तः प्रणुन्नो वाक्यसायकैः ।
तच्चकार तथा सर्वं यथावदनुशासनम् ॥१५॥

15. kuntyuvāca ,
sadaśva iva sa kṣiptaḥ praṇunno vākyasāyakaiḥ ,
taccakāra tathā sarvaṁ yathāvadanuśāsanam.

15. kuntī uvāca sadaśvaḥ iva saḥ kṣiptaḥ praṇunnaḥ
vākya-sāyakaiḥ tat cakāra tathā sarvam yathāvat anuśāsanam

15. kuntī uvāca saḥ vākya-sāyakaiḥ kṣiptaḥ praṇunnaḥ sadaśvaḥ iva,
tathā yathāvat sarvam anuśāsanam tat cakāra.

15. Kunti said: Like a noble horse, he, urged and impelled by sharp, arrow-like words, duly carried out all the instructions as commanded.

15. קוּנְטִי אמרה, כמו סוס אציל שהצליפו בו, כך חיצי הדברים דחפו אותו, והוא ביצע את כל ההנחיות כראוי.

Words meanings summery:

• कुन्ती (kuntī) - Mother of the Pāṇḍavas. (Kunti (Proper Noun))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• सदश्वः (sadaśvaḥ) - a good horse, a noble horse

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• सः (saḥ) - Refers to the subject who carried out the instructions. (he, that one)

• क्षिप्तः (kṣiptaḥ) - Urged, spurred into action. (thrown, cast, urged, impelled)

• प्रणुन्नः (praṇunnaḥ) - Strongly motivated or pushed to act. (urged forward, pushed, impelled)

• वाक्य-सायकैः (vākya-sāyakaiḥ) - By sharp, motivating words. (by verbal arrows, by arrow-like words)

• तत् (tat) - Refers to "all instructions". (that, this, it)

• चकार (cakāra) - He carried out, accomplished. (he did, he made, he performed)

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - Refers to all instructions. (all, entire, whole)

• यथावत् (yathāvat) - properly, duly, according to rule, as it should be

• अनुशासनम् (anuśāsanam) - The specific orders or advice given. (instruction, command, discipline, teaching)

Words meanings and morphology

कुन्ती (kuntī) - Mother of the Pāṇḍavas. (Kunti (Proper Noun))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kuntī

kuntī - Kunti (name of a queen, mother of the Pāṇḍavas)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root vac takes u as a reduplication vowel.

Root: vac (class 2)

सदश्वः (sadaśvaḥ) - a good horse, a noble horse

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sadaśva

sadaśva - a good horse, an excellent horse

Compound of sat (good) and aśva (horse).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sat+aśva)

• sat – good, true, existing, excellent
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  From root as (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)
• aśva – horse
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - Refers to the subject who carried out the instructions. (he, that one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

क्षिप्तः (kṣiptaḥ) - Urged, spurred into action. (thrown, cast, urged, impelled)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣipta

kṣipta - thrown, cast, discharged, urged, impelled

Past Passive Participle

From root kṣip (to throw, cast, urge).

Root: kṣip (class 6)

प्रणुन्नः (praṇunnaḥ) - Strongly motivated or pushed to act. (urged forward, pushed, impelled)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of praṇunna

praṇunna - urged, driven, pushed forward, impelled

Past Passive Participle

From root nud (to push, impel) with prefix pra. The n changes to ṇ due to pra.

Prefix: pra

Root: nud (class 6)

वाक्य-सायकैः (vākya-sāyakaiḥ) - By sharp, motivating words. (by verbal arrows, by arrow-like words)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vākya-sāyaka

vākya-sāyaka - arrow-like words, verbal arrows

Compound.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (vākya+sāyaka)

• vākya – word, speech, statement
  noun (neuter)
  From root vac (to speak)
  Root: vac (class 2)
• sāyaka – arrow, missile
  noun (masculine)
  From root sī (to bind, cast) or śi (to sharpen) with suffix aka

तत् (tat) - Refers to "all instructions". (that, this, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

चकार (cakāra) - He carried out, accomplished. (he did, he made, he performed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of kṛ

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root kṛ takes ca as reduplication.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - Refers to all instructions. (all, entire, whole)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Universal pronoun.

Note: Adjective modifying anuśāsanam.

यथावत् (yathāvat) - properly, duly, according to rule, as it should be

(indeclinable)

From yathā (as) + suffix vat.

अनुशासनम् (anuśāsanam) - The specific orders or advice given. (instruction, command, discipline, teaching)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anuśāsana

anuśāsana - instruction, teaching, command, discipline, governance

From root śās (to teach, to command) with prefix anu.

Prefix: anu

Root: śās (class 2)

Note: Object of the verb cakāra.

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