महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-158, verse-10

अशक्तेन च यच्छप्तं भीमसेनेन पाण्डव ।
दुःशासनस्य रुधिरं पीयतां यदि शक्यते ॥१०॥

10. aśaktena ca yacchaptaṁ bhīmasenena pāṇḍava ,
duḥśāsanasya rudhiraṁ pīyatāṁ yadi śakyate.

10. aśaktena ca yat śaptam bhīmasenena pāṇḍava
| duḥśāsanasya rudhiram pīyatām yadi śakyate

10. pāṇḍava,
ca yat aśaktena bhīmasenena śaptam,
yadi śakyate (tat),
duḥśāsanasya rudhiram pīyatām

10. O Pāṇḍava, and what was sworn (śapta) by Bhīmasena when he was helpless (aśakta)—let Duḥśāsana's blood be drunk if it is possible.

10. הו פָּאנְדַוַה, בְּהִימַסֵנַה נשבע בעת חוסר האונים שישתה את דמו של דוּהְשָׁאסַנַה. שיקיים זאת אם יוכל.

Words meanings summery:

• अशक्तेन (aśaktena) - by Bhīmasena when he was helpless and unable to prevent Draupadī's humiliation. (by the helpless, by the unable one)

• च (ca) - and, also

• यत् (yat) - refers to the vow/oath (what, which)

• शप्तम् (śaptam) - the oath or vow sworn by Bhīmasena (sworn, cursed)

• भीमसेनेन (bhīmasenena) - by Bhīmasena

• पाण्डव (pāṇḍava) - Refers to Yudhiṣṭhira or one of the Pāṇḍavas. (O son of Pāṇḍu, O Pāṇḍava)

• दुःशासनस्य (duḥśāsanasya) - of Duḥśāsana

• रुधिरम् (rudhiram) - blood

• पीयताम् (pīyatām) - let it be drunk

• यदि (yadi) - if

• शक्यते (śakyate) - it is possible, it is able

Words meanings and morphology

अशक्तेन (aśaktena) - by Bhīmasena when he was helpless and unable to prevent Draupadī's humiliation. (by the helpless, by the unable one)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of aśakta

aśakta - helpless, unable, powerless

Negative compound (nañ-tatpuruṣa) of 'a' (not) and 'śakta' (able).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+śakta)

• a – not, un-, non-
  indeclinable
• śakta – able, capable, powerful
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root √śak (to be able).
  Root: √śak (class 5)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - refers to the vow/oath (what, which)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yat

yat - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

शप्तम् (śaptam) - the oath or vow sworn by Bhīmasena (sworn, cursed)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śapta

śapta - cursed, sworn, vowed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √śap (to curse, swear).

Root: √śap (class 1)

भीमसेनेन (bhīmasenena) - by Bhīmasena

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhīmasena

bhīmasena - Bhīmasena (one of the Pāṇḍavas)

पाण्डव (pāṇḍava) - Refers to Yudhiṣṭhira or one of the Pāṇḍavas. (O son of Pāṇḍu, O Pāṇḍava)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, a Pāṇḍava

A patronymic formed from Pāṇḍu.

दुःशासनस्य (duḥśāsanasya) - of Duḥśāsana

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of duḥśāsana

duḥśāsana - Duḥśāsana (a son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

रुधिरम् (rudhiram) - blood

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rudhira

rudhira - blood

पीयताम् (pīyatām) - let it be drunk

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of √pā

Root: √pā (class 1)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

शक्यते (śakyate) - it is possible, it is able

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of √śak

Root: √śak (class 5)

Note: Used impersonally here (it is possible).

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