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5,179

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-179, verse-3

तत्र त्वां निहतं माता मया शरशताचितम् ।
जाह्नवी पश्यतां भीष्म गृध्रकङ्कबडाशनम् ॥३॥
3. tatra tvāṁ nihataṁ mātā mayā śaraśatācitam ,
jāhnavī paśyatāṁ bhīṣma gṛdhrakaṅkabaḍāśanam.
3. tatra tvām nihatam mātā mayā śaraśata ācitam
jāhnavī paśyatām bhīṣma gṛdhra kaṅka vaṭa āśanam
3. bhīṣma tatra mayā nihatam śaraśata ācitam gṛdhra
kaṅka vaṭa āśanam tvām mātā jāhnavī paśyatām
3. There, O Bhishma, may your mother Jahnavi see you, struck down by me, covered with hundreds of arrows, and becoming the prey for vultures, kites, and crows.

Words meanings summery:

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  • तत्र (tatra) - there (on Kurukshetra) (there, in that place)
  • त्वाम् (tvām) - you (Bhishma) (you)
  • निहतम् (nihatam) - struck down (struck down, killed, slain)
  • माता (mātā) - your mother (Ganga) (mother)
  • मया (mayā) - by me (Rama) (by me)
  • शरशत (śaraśata) - hundreds of arrows
  • आचितम् (ācitam) - covered (with hundreds of arrows) (covered, filled, strewn)
  • जाह्नवी (jāhnavī) - Jahnavi (Bhishma's mother) (Jahnavi (a name of the river Ganga))
  • पश्यताम् (paśyatām) - may she (Jahnavi) see (may she see, let her behold)
  • भीष्म (bhīṣma) - O Bhishma (addressed by Rama) (O Bhishma)
  • गृध्र (gṛdhra) - vulture
  • कङ्क (kaṅka) - kite (bird of prey) (kite, heron)
  • वट (vaṭa) - crow (carrion bird) (crow, banyan tree)
  • आशनम् (āśanam) - food, prey (food, eating, prey)

Words meanings and morphology

तत्र (tatra) - there (on Kurukshetra) (there, in that place)
(indeclinable)
त्वाम् (tvām) - you (Bhishma) (you)
(pronoun)
Accusative, singular of yuṣmad
yuṣmad - you (pronoun)
निहतम् (nihatam) - struck down (struck down, killed, slain)
(participle)
Accusative, masculine, singular of ni_hata
han - to strike, kill, slay
Past Passive Participle
Past passive participle of root han with prefix ni-
Prefix: ni
Root: han (class 2)
माता (mātā) - your mother (Ganga) (mother)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of mātṛ
mātṛ - mother
मया (mayā) - by me (Rama) (by me)
(pronoun)
Instrumental, singular of asmad
asmad - I, me, us
शरशत (śaraśata) - hundreds of arrows
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of śaraśata
śaraśata - hundreds of arrows
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śara+śata)
  • śara – arrow
    noun (masculine)
  • śata – hundred
    noun (neuter)
आचितम् (ācitam) - covered (with hundreds of arrows) (covered, filled, strewn)
(participle)
Accusative, masculine, singular of ā_cita
ci - to pile up, gather, collect
Past Passive Participle
Past passive participle of root ci with prefix ā-
Prefix: ā
Root: ci (class 5)
जाह्नवी (jāhnavī) - Jahnavi (Bhishma's mother) (Jahnavi (a name of the river Ganga))
(proper noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of jāhnavī
jāhnavī - Jahnavi (daughter of Jahnu), a name for the river Ganga
पश्यताम् (paśyatām) - may she (Jahnavi) see (may she see, let her behold)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of dṛś
Imperative
Imperative third singular middle voice (ātmanepada) of root dṛś (stem paśya-)
Root: dṛś (class 1)
भीष्म (bhīṣma) - O Bhishma (addressed by Rama) (O Bhishma)
(proper noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma
bhīṣma - Bhishma (proper name)
गृध्र (gṛdhra) - vulture
(noun)
masculine, singular of gṛdhra
gṛdhra - vulture
कङ्क (kaṅka) - kite (bird of prey) (kite, heron)
(noun)
masculine, singular of kaṅka
kaṅka - a kind of bird (kite, heron, vulture)
वट (vaṭa) - crow (carrion bird) (crow, banyan tree)
(noun)
masculine, singular of vaṭa
vaṭa - a banyan tree; a crow (rarely); a small boy
आशनम् (āśanam) - food, prey (food, eating, prey)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of āśana
āśana - eating, food, meal
Prefix: ā
Root: aś (class 5)