महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-183, verse-9

मत्वा तु निहतं रामस्ततो मां भरतर्षभ ।
मेघवद्व्यनदच्चोच्चैर्जहृषे च पुनः पुनः ॥९॥

9. matvā tu nihataṁ rāmastato māṁ bharatarṣabha ,
meghavadvyanadaccoccairjahṛṣe ca punaḥ punaḥ.

9. matvā tu nihataṃ rāmaḥ tataḥ mām bharatarṣabha
meghavat vyanadat ca uccaiḥ jahṛṣe ca punaḥ punaḥ

9. bharatarṣabha tu rāmaḥ tataḥ mām nihataṃ matvā
meghavat uccaiḥ vyanadat ca punaḥ punaḥ jahṛṣe ca

9. But then, O best of Bharatas, Rāma, believing me to be slain, roared loudly like a cloud and repeatedly rejoiced.

Words meanings summery:

• मत्वा (matvā) - having thought, having considered

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

• निहतं (nihataṁ) - slain, killed

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, afterwards

• माम् (mām) - me

• भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of Bharatas

• मेघवत् (meghavat) - like a cloud

• व्यनदत् (vyanadat) - roared, sounded loudly

• च (ca) - and, also

• उच्चैः (uccaiḥ) - loudly, high, above

• जहृषे (jahṛṣe) - rejoiced, was glad

• च (ca) - and, also

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

Words meanings and morphology

मत्वा (matvā) - having thought, having considered

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root `man` (to think) and suffix `ktvā`.

Root: man (class 4)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

निहतं (nihataṁ) - slain, killed

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nihata

nihata - slain, killed, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `han` (to strike, to kill) with prefix `ni` and suffix `kta` (P.P.P.).

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (proper name), pleasing, black

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, afterwards

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I, me

भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of Bharatas

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatarṣabha

bharatarṣabha - bull among Bharatas, best of Bharatas

Compound type : tatpurusha (bharata+ṛṣabha)

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

मेघवत् (meghavat) - like a cloud

(indeclinable)

Derived from `megha` (cloud) with `vat` suffix (like). Used adverbially.

व्यनदत् (vyanadat) - roared, sounded loudly

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of nad

Imperfect Active

Root `nad` (class 1) with prefix `vi`. Imperfect, 3rd person, singular, active voice.

Prefix: vi

Root: nad (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

उच्चैः (uccaiḥ) - loudly, high, above

(indeclinable)

जहृषे (jahṛṣe) - rejoiced, was glad

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past perfect (lit) of hṛṣ

Perfect Middle

Root `hṛṣ` (class 1), Perfect, 3rd person, singular, middle voice.

Root: hṛṣ (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

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