महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-80, verse-39

दुःशासनभुजं श्यामं संछिन्नं पांसुगुण्ठितम् ।
यद्यहं तं न पश्यामि का शान्तिर्हृदयस्य मे ॥३९॥

39. duḥśāsanabhujaṁ śyāmaṁ saṁchinnaṁ pāṁsuguṇṭhitam ,
yadyahaṁ taṁ na paśyāmi kā śāntirhṛdayasya me.

39. duḥśāsanabhujaṃ śyāmaṃ saṃchinnaṃ pāṃsuguṇṭhitam
yadi ahaṃ taṃ na paśyāmi kā śāntiḥ hṛdayasya me

39. If I do not see that dark arm of Duḥśāsana, severed and smeared with dust, what peace will there be for my heart?

Words meanings summery:

• दुःशासनभुजं (duḥśāsanabhujaṁ) - Duḥśāsana's arm

• श्यामं (śyāmaṁ) - dark (dark, black, dark-complexioned)

• संछिन्नं (saṁchinnaṁ) - severed, cut off (severed, cut off, torn)

• पांसुगुण्ठितम् (pāṁsuguṇṭhitam) - smeared with dust (covered with dust, smeared with dust)

• यदि (yadi) - if (if, supposing that)

• अहं (ahaṁ) - I (Gāndhārī) (I)

• तं (taṁ) - that (arm) (him, that)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see (I see, I behold)

• का (kā) - what (interrogative pronoun) (what, who, which)

• शान्तिः (śāntiḥ) - peace, tranquility (peace, tranquility, calm, cessation)

• हृदयस्य (hṛdayasya) - of my heart (of the heart)

• मे (me) - my (my, to me, for me)

Words meanings and morphology

दुःशासनभुजं (duḥśāsanabhujaṁ) - Duḥśāsana's arm

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of duḥśāsanabhuja

duḥśāsanabhuja - Duḥśāsana's arm

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (duḥśāsana+bhuja)

• duḥśāsana – Duḥśāsana (proper name), lit. 'hard to rule'
  proper noun (masculine)
  Prefix: dus
  Root: śās (class 2)
• bhuja – arm, hand
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhuj (class 7)

Note: Object of paśyāmi.

श्यामं (śyāmaṁ) - dark (dark, black, dark-complexioned)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śyāma

śyāma - dark, black, dusky

Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Adjective for duḥśāsanabhujam.

संछिन्नं (saṁchinnaṁ) - severed, cut off (severed, cut off, torn)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃchinna

saṁchinna - severed, cut off

past passive participle

From root chid (to cut) with prefix sam.

Prefix: sam

Root: chid (class 7)

Note: Adjective for duḥśāsanabhujam.

पांसुगुण्ठितम् (pāṁsuguṇṭhitam) - smeared with dust (covered with dust, smeared with dust)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāṃsuguṇṭhita

pāṁsuguṇṭhita - covered with dust

past passive participle (guṇṭhita)

Compound pāṃsu (dust) + guṇṭhita (covered).

Compound type : tṛtīyā-tatpuruṣa (pāṃsu+guṇṭhita)

• pāṃsu – dust, sand
  noun (masculine)
• guṇṭhita – covered, veiled, wrapped
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  From root guṇṭh (to cover, wrap) + kta suffix.
  Root: guṇṭh (class 10)

Note: Adjective for duḥśāsanabhujam.

यदि (yadi) - if (if, supposing that)

(indeclinable)

अहं (ahaṁ) - I (Gāndhārī) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

तं (taṁ) - that (arm) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to duḥśāsanabhujam.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see (I see, I behold)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Present stem paśya.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

का (kā) - what (interrogative pronoun) (what, who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ka

ka - who, what, which

शान्तिः (śāntiḥ) - peace, tranquility (peace, tranquility, calm, cessation)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śānti

śānti - peace, tranquility, cessation

From root śam (to be calm, cease).

Root: śam (class 4)

हृदयस्य (hṛdayasya) - of my heart (of the heart)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of hṛdaya

hṛdaya - heart, mind, breast

Root: hṛd

मे (me) - my (my, to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Enclitic form of mama.

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