महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-103, verse-61

नाददानं संदधानं विकर्षन्तं धनुर्न च ।
पश्यामस्त्वा महाबाहो रथे सूर्यमिव स्थितम् ॥६१॥

61. nādadānaṁ saṁdadhānaṁ vikarṣantaṁ dhanurna ca ,
paśyāmastvā mahābāho rathe sūryamiva sthitam.

61. na ādādānam sandadhānam vikarṣantam dhanuḥ na ca
| paśyāmaḥ tvā mahābāho rathe sūryam iva sthitam

61. mahābāho vayam tvā ādādānam sandadhānam vikarṣantam
dhanuḥ na ca paśyāmaḥ rathe sūryam iva sthitam

61. O mighty-armed one, we do not see you taking up, aiming, or drawing your bow (dhanus); instead, you appear to us standing on your chariot like the sun.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• आदादानम् (ādādānam) - taking up, grasping

• सन्दधानम् (sandadhānam) - fixing, aiming, placing (an arrow)

• विकर्षन्तम् (vikarṣantam) - drawing (the bowstring), pulling back

• धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• पश्यामः (paśyāmaḥ) - we see

• त्वा (tvā) - you (accusative singular)

• महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed one

• रथे (rathe) - on the chariot

• सूर्यम् (sūryam) - the sun

• इव (iva) - like, as

• स्थितम् (sthitam) - standing, situated, firm

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the action of seeing.

आदादानम् (ādādānam) - taking up, grasping

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ādādāna

ādādāna - taking, grasping, accepting

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'dā' (to give/take) with upasarga 'ā' and suffix '-āna' for active participle.

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with 'tvā'.

सन्दधानम् (sandadhānam) - fixing, aiming, placing (an arrow)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sandadhāna

sandadhāna - placing, fixing, aiming

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'dhā' (to place) with upasarga 'sam' and suffix '-āna' for active participle.

Prefix: sam

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with 'tvā'.

विकर्षन्तम् (vikarṣantam) - drawing (the bowstring), pulling back

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vikarṣat

vikarṣat - drawing, pulling, dragging

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'kṛṣ' (to pull) with upasarga 'vi' and suffix '-at' for active participle.

Prefix: vi

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'tvā'.

धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dhanus

dhanus - bow

Root: dhan

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with 'ca' to mean 'nor'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

पश्यामः (paśyāmaḥ) - we see

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of paś

Present stem from root 'dṛś'.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

त्वा (tvā) - you (accusative singular)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

Note: Enclitic form of 'tvām'.

महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahābāhu

mahābāhu - mighty-armed, one with great arms

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bāhu)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Bhishma.

रथे (rathe) - on the chariot

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ratha

ratha - chariot

Root: ram

Note: Describes the location of Bhishma.

सूर्यम् (sūryam) - the sun

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sūrya

sūrya - sun

Root: sū

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)

स्थितम् (sthitam) - standing, situated, firm

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, situated, firm, stable

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'sthā' (to stand) with suffix '-ta'.

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Describes Bhishma (you) as if he were the sun standing.