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6,102

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-102, verse-4

तं द्वादशार्धैर्नकुलो माधवश्च त्रिभिः शरैः ।
धृष्टद्युम्नश्च सप्तत्या भीमसेनश्च पञ्चभिः ।
युधिष्ठिरो द्वादशभिः प्रत्यविध्यत्पितामहम् ॥४॥
4. taṁ dvādaśārdhairnakulo mādhavaśca tribhiḥ śaraiḥ ,
dhṛṣṭadyumnaśca saptatyā bhīmasenaśca pañcabhiḥ ,
yudhiṣṭhiro dvādaśabhiḥ pratyavidhyatpitāmaham.
4. tam dvādaśa-ardhaiḥ nakulaḥ mādhavaḥ ca
tribhiḥ śaraiḥ | dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ ca saptatyā
bhīmasenaḥ ca pañcabhiḥ | yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
dvādaśabhiḥ pratyavidhyat pitāmaham
4. nakulaḥ dvādaśa-ardhaiḥ,
ca mādhavaḥ tribhiḥ śaraiḥ,
ca dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ saptatyā,
ca bhīmasenaḥ pañcabhiḥ,
yudhiṣṭhiraḥ dvādaśabhiḥ tam pitāmaham pratyavidhyat
4. Nakula, with six arrows, and Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa), with three arrows, Dhṛṣṭadyumna with seventy, Bhīmasena with five, and Yudhiṣṭhira with twelve, shot back at the grandfather (Bhīṣma).

Words meanings summery:

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  • तम् (tam) - him (the enraged father, i.e., Bhīṣma) (him, that)
  • द्वादश-अर्धैः (dvādaśa-ardhaiḥ) - with six arrows (implied) (with six, with half of twelve)
  • नकुलः (nakulaḥ) - Nakula, one of the five Pāṇḍava brothers (Nakula)
  • माधवः (mādhavaḥ) - Mādhava, an epithet of Kṛṣṇa (Mādhava)
  • (ca) - and, also
  • त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three arrows (implied) (with three)
  • शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows
  • धृष्टद्युम्नः (dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ) - Dhṛṣṭadyumna, the commander-in-chief of the Pāṇḍava army (Dhṛṣṭadyumna)
  • (ca) - and, also
  • सप्तत्या (saptatyā) - with seventy arrows (implied) (with seventy)
  • भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhīmasena, one of the five Pāṇḍava brothers (Bhīmasena)
  • (ca) - and, also
  • पञ्चभिः (pañcabhiḥ) - with five arrows (implied) (with five)
  • युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira, the eldest of the Pāṇḍava brothers (Yudhiṣṭhira)
  • द्वादशभिः (dvādaśabhiḥ) - with twelve arrows (implied) (with twelve)
  • प्रत्यविध्यत् (pratyavidhyat) - he shot back, he pierced in return
  • पितामहम् (pitāmaham) - the great-grandfather Bhīṣma (grandfather)

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him (the enraged father, i.e., Bhīṣma) (him, that)
(pronoun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
द्वादश-अर्धैः (dvādaśa-ardhaiḥ) - with six arrows (implied) (with six, with half of twelve)
(compound noun)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvādaśa+ardha)
  • dvādaśa – twelve
    numeral
  • ardha – half, part
    noun (masculine)
नकुलः (nakulaḥ) - Nakula, one of the five Pāṇḍava brothers (Nakula)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of nakula
nakula - Nakula (name of a Pāṇḍava brother); mongoose
माधवः (mādhavaḥ) - Mādhava, an epithet of Kṛṣṇa (Mādhava)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of mādhava
mādhava - descendant of Madhu; lord of Mādhavī; an epithet of Kṛṣṇa or Viṣṇu
Derived from 'madhu' with 'aṇ' suffix, meaning 'descendant of Madhu'.
(ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three arrows (implied) (with three)
(numeral)
शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara
śara - arrow; reed
Root: śṛ (class 1)
धृष्टद्युम्नः (dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ) - Dhṛṣṭadyumna, the commander-in-chief of the Pāṇḍava army (Dhṛṣṭadyumna)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of dhṛṣṭadyumna
dhṛṣṭadyumna - Dhṛṣṭadyumna (name of Draupadī's brother and commander of Pāṇḍava forces)
(ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
सप्तत्या (saptatyā) - with seventy arrows (implied) (with seventy)
(numeral)
भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhīmasena, one of the five Pāṇḍava brothers (Bhīmasena)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīmasena
bhīmasena - Bhīmasena (name of a Pāṇḍava brother); having a terrible army
(ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
पञ्चभिः (pañcabhiḥ) - with five arrows (implied) (with five)
(numeral)
युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira, the eldest of the Pāṇḍava brothers (Yudhiṣṭhira)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira
yudhiṣṭhira - firm in battle; a name for the eldest Pāṇḍava
द्वादशभिः (dvādaśabhiḥ) - with twelve arrows (implied) (with twelve)
(numeral)
प्रत्यविध्यत् (pratyavidhyat) - he shot back, he pierced in return
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of vyadh
Prefixes: prati+vi
Root: vyadh (class 4)
पितामहम् (pitāmaham) - the great-grandfather Bhīṣma (grandfather)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of pitāmaha
pitāmaha - paternal grandfather; Brahmā