महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-5, chapter-54, verse-38
गदाप्रहाराभिहतो हिमवानपि पर्वतः ।
सकृन्मया विशीर्येत गिरिः शतसहस्रधा ॥३८॥
सकृन्मया विशीर्येत गिरिः शतसहस्रधा ॥३८॥
38. gadāprahārābhihato himavānapi parvataḥ ,
sakṛnmayā viśīryeta giriḥ śatasahasradhā.
sakṛnmayā viśīryeta giriḥ śatasahasradhā.
38.
gadāprahārābhihataḥ himavān api parvataḥ
sakṛt mayā viśīryeta giriḥ śatasahasradhā
sakṛt mayā viśīryeta giriḥ śatasahasradhā
38.
If even Mount Himavat were struck by the blows of my mace, it would be shattered by me into a hundred thousand pieces at once.
Words meanings summery:
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- गदाप्रहाराभिहतः (gadāprahārābhihataḥ) - struck by mace blows
- हिमवान् (himavān) - Mount Himavat, the Himalaya mountains
- अपि (api) - even, also
- पर्वतः (parvataḥ) - mountain
- सकृत् (sakṛt) - at once, once, simultaneously
- मया (mayā) - by me (Bhīma) (by me)
- विशीर्येत (viśīryeta) - would be shattered, would fall apart
- गिरिः (giriḥ) - mountain
- शतसहस्रधा (śatasahasradhā) - into a hundred thousand pieces/ways
Words meanings and morphology
गदाप्रहाराभिहतः (gadāprahārābhihataḥ) - struck by mace blows
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of gadāprahārābhihata
gadāprahārābhihata - struck by mace blows
Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (gadāprahāra+abhihata)
- gadāprahāra – mace blow
noun (masculine) - abhihata – struck, hit
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root `han` with prefix `abhi` and suffix `kta`.
Prefix: abhi
Root: han (class 2)
हिमवान् (himavān) - Mount Himavat, the Himalaya mountains
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of himavat
himavat - Mount Himavat, Himalaya
अपि (api) - even, also
(indeclinable)
पर्वतः (parvataḥ) - mountain
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of parvata
parvata - mountain, hill
सकृत् (sakṛt) - at once, once, simultaneously
(indeclinable)
मया (mayā) - by me (Bhīma) (by me)
(pronoun)
Instrumental, singular of asmad
asmad - I, we
विशीर्येत (viśīryeta) - would be shattered, would fall apart
(verb)
3rd person , singular, passive, optative (liṅ) of viśīry
Derived from root `śṝ` (to tear, to shatter) with secondary conjugation (passive/intransitive) and prefix `vi`.
Prefix: vi
Root: śṝ (class 9)
गिरिः (giriḥ) - mountain
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of giri
giri - mountain, hill
शतसहस्रधा (śatasahasradhā) - into a hundred thousand pieces/ways
(indeclinable)
Suffix -dhā indicates 'in so many parts' or 'so many times'.
Compound type : Dvigu/Tatpuruṣa (śata+sahasra)
- śata – hundred
noun (neuter) - sahasra – thousand
noun (neuter)