महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-5, chapter-16, verse-20
किं कार्यमवशिष्टं वो हतस्त्वाष्ट्रो महासुरः ।
वृत्रश्च सुमहाकायो ग्रस्तुं लोकानियेष यः ॥२०॥
वृत्रश्च सुमहाकायो ग्रस्तुं लोकानियेष यः ॥२०॥
20. kiṁ kāryamavaśiṣṭaṁ vo hatastvāṣṭro mahāsuraḥ ,
vṛtraśca sumahākāyo grastuṁ lokāniyeṣa yaḥ.
vṛtraśca sumahākāyo grastuṁ lokāniyeṣa yaḥ.
20.
kim kāryam avaśiṣṭam vaḥ hataḥ tvāṣṭraḥ mahāsuraḥ
vṛtraḥ ca sumahākāyaḥ grastum lokān iyeṣa yaḥ
vṛtraḥ ca sumahākāyaḥ grastum lokān iyeṣa yaḥ
20.
What work (kārya) remains for you now? The great asura, son of Tvaṣṭā (Viśvarūpa), has been slain, and Vṛtra, who possessed an enormous body and sought to swallow the worlds (lokas), has also been slain.
Words meanings summery:
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- किम् (kim) - what (what, which, who)
- कार्यम् (kāryam) - work, task (work, task, duty, to be done)
- अवशिष्टम् (avaśiṣṭam) - remaining (remaining, left, residual)
- वः (vaḥ) - for you (plural) (to you, of you, your)
- हतः (hataḥ) - has been slain (killed, slain, destroyed)
- त्वाष्ट्रः (tvāṣṭraḥ) - son of Tvaṣṭā (referring to Viśvarūpa) (son of Tvaṣṭā, related to Tvaṣṭā)
- महासुरः (mahāsuraḥ) - great asura
- वृत्रः (vṛtraḥ) - Vṛtra (Vṛtra (name of a powerful asura))
- च (ca) - and (and, also)
- सुमहाकायः (sumahākāyaḥ) - who possessed an enormous body (having a very great body, enormous)
- ग्रस्तुम् (grastum) - to swallow, to devour
- लोकान् (lokān) - the worlds (lokas) (worlds, regions, people)
- इयेष (iyeṣa) - he desired, he wished
- यः (yaḥ) - who (who, which)
Words meanings and morphology
किम् (kim) - what (what, which, who)
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of kim
kim - what, which, who
Note: Interrogative pronoun
कार्यम् (kāryam) - work, task (work, task, duty, to be done)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya
kārya - work, task, duty, to be done, effect
Gerundive
formed from verbal root kṛ
Root: kṛ (class 8)
अवशिष्टम् (avaśiṣṭam) - remaining (remaining, left, residual)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of avaśiṣṭa
avaśiṣṭa - remaining, left, residual
Past Passive Participle
formed from verbal root śiṣ with upasarga ava
Prefix: ava
Root: śiṣ (class 7)
Note: Qualifies kāryam
वः (vaḥ) - for you (plural) (to you, of you, your)
(pronoun)
plural of yuṣmad
yuṣmad - you (plural)
Note: Dative sense: 'for you'
हतः (hataḥ) - has been slain (killed, slain, destroyed)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of hata
hata - killed, slain, destroyed
Past Passive Participle
formed from verbal root han
Root: han (class 2)
Note: Qualifies tvāṣṭraḥ mahāsuraḥ
त्वाष्ट्रः (tvāṣṭraḥ) - son of Tvaṣṭā (referring to Viśvarūpa) (son of Tvaṣṭā, related to Tvaṣṭā)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of tvāṣṭra
tvāṣṭra - son of Tvaṣṭā, descendant of Tvaṣṭā
महासुरः (mahāsuraḥ) - great asura
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāsura
mahāsura - great demon, great asura
Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+asura)
- mahā – great, large, powerful
adjective - asura – demon, anti-god
noun (masculine)
वृत्रः (vṛtraḥ) - Vṛtra (Vṛtra (name of a powerful asura))
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛtra
vṛtra - Vṛtra (name of a powerful asura, personification of drought)
च (ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
सुमहाकायः (sumahākāyaḥ) - who possessed an enormous body (having a very great body, enormous)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of sumahākāya
sumahākāya - having a very great body, enormous
Compound type : bahuvrihi (su+mahā+kāya)
- su – good, well, very, excellent
indeclinable - mahā – great, large
adjective - kāya – body
noun (masculine)
Note: Qualifies vṛtraḥ
ग्रस्तुम् (grastum) - to swallow, to devour
(indeclinable)
infinitive
formed from verbal root gras with suffix tumun
Root: gras (class 1)
लोकान् (lokān) - the worlds (lokas) (worlds, regions, people)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of loka
loka - world, region, people, folk
इयेष (iyeṣa) - he desired, he wished
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of iṣ
Root: iṣ (class 4)
यः (yaḥ) - who (who, which)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of yad
yad - who, which, what
Note: Relative pronoun, refers to vṛtraḥ