महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-185, verse-8

ततोऽहं जामदग्न्याय भृशं क्रोधसमन्वितः ।
प्रेषयं मृत्युसंकाशं बाणं सर्पविषोपमम् ॥८॥

8. tato'haṁ jāmadagnyāya bhṛśaṁ krodhasamanvitaḥ ,
preṣayaṁ mṛtyusaṁkāśaṁ bāṇaṁ sarpaviṣopamam.

8. tataḥ aham jāmadagnyāya bhṛśam krodhaSamanvitaḥ
preṣayam mṛtyuSaṃkāśaṃ bāṇam sarpaViṣaUpamam

8. tataḥ aham bhṛśam krodha-samanvitaḥ jāmadagnyāya
mṛtyu-saṃkāśaṃ sarpa-viṣopamam bāṇam preṣayam

8. Then, filled with intense rage toward Jamadagni's son, I discharged an arrow resembling death itself and like unto serpent venom.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from there

• अहम् (aham) - I

• जामदग्न्याय (jāmadagnyāya) - to Jamadagni's son (Bhārgava Rāma)

• भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly, intensely, deeply

• क्रोधसमन्वितः (krodhasamanvitaḥ) - endowed with anger, filled with rage, enraged

• प्रेषयम् (preṣayam) - I sent, I discharged, I hurled

• मृत्युसंकाशम् (mṛtyusaṁkāśam) - resembling death, like unto death

• बाणम् (bāṇam) - arrow

• सर्पविषौपमम् (sarpaviṣaupamam) - like serpent venom, resembling snake poison

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from there

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

जामदग्न्याय (jāmadagnyāya) - to Jamadagni's son (Bhārgava Rāma)

(proper noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of jāmadagnya

jāmadagnya - descendant of Jamadagni

भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly, intensely, deeply

(adverb)

Note: used adverbially in accusative neuter singular

क्रोधसमन्वितः (krodhasamanvitaḥ) - endowed with anger, filled with rage, enraged

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of krodha-samanvita

krodha-samanvita - filled with anger

tatpurusha compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (krodha+samanvita)

• krodha – anger, rage
  noun (masculine)
  Root: krudh (class 4)
• samanvita – endowed with, accompanied by
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  sam + anu + i
  Prefixes: sam+anu
  Root: i (class 2)

प्रेषयम् (preṣayam) - I sent, I discharged, I hurled

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of preṣay

causative

pra + i (causative)

Prefix: pra

Root: i (class 2)

मृत्युसंकाशम् (mṛtyusaṁkāśam) - resembling death, like unto death

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu-saṃkāśa

mṛtyu-saṁkāśa - resembling death

tatpurusha compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (mṛtyu+saṃkāśa)

• mṛtyu – death, god of death
  noun (masculine)
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• saṃkāśa – resembling, appearing like
  adjective (masculine)
  sam + kāś
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kāś (class 1)

बाणम् (bāṇam) - arrow

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

सर्पविषौपमम् (sarpaviṣaupamam) - like serpent venom, resembling snake poison

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sarpa-viṣopama

sarpa-viṣopama - like serpent venom

tatpurusha compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarpa+viṣa+upama)

• sarpa – snake, serpent
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sṛp (class 1)
• viṣa – poison, venom
  noun (neuter)
• upama – similar to, resembling, like
  adjective (masculine)

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