महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-103, verse-63

वर्षता शरवर्षाणि महान्ति पुरुषोत्तम ।
क्षयं नीता हि पृतना भवता महती मम ॥६३॥

63. varṣatā śaravarṣāṇi mahānti puruṣottama ,
kṣayaṁ nītā hi pṛtanā bhavatā mahatī mama.

63. varṣatā śaravarṣāṇi mahānti puruṣottama
kṣayam nītā hi pṛtanā bhavatā mahatī mama

63. puruṣottama bhavatā mahānti śaravarṣāṇi
varṣatā mama mahatī pṛtanā hi kṣayam nītā

63. O best among men (puruṣottama), by you, showering great torrents of arrows, my vast army has indeed been led to destruction.

Words meanings summery:

• वर्षता (varṣatā) - by showering, by raining

• शरवर्षाणि (śaravarṣāṇi) - showers of arrows

• महान्ति (mahānti) - great, mighty

• पुरुषोत्तम (puruṣottama) - O best of men, O supreme person

• क्षयम् (kṣayam) - to destruction, to ruin

• नीता (nītā) - led, brought

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• पृतना (pṛtanā) - army, host

• भवता (bhavatā) - by you (honorific)

• महती (mahatī) - great, vast

• मम (mama) - my, of me

Words meanings and morphology

वर्षता (varṣatā) - by showering, by raining

(participle)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of √vṛṣ

vṛṣ - to rain, to shower

Present Participle

root vṛṣ + śatṛ suffix, instrumental singular

Root: √vṛṣ (class 1)

शरवर्षाणि (śaravarṣāṇi) - showers of arrows

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of śaravarṣa

śaravarṣa - arrow-rain, shower of arrows

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śara+varṣa)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• varṣa – rain, shower
  noun (neuter)

महान्ति (mahānti) - great, mighty

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty

Note: Agrees with śaravarṣāṇi

पुरुषोत्तम (puruṣottama) - O best of men, O supreme person

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of puruṣottama

puruṣottama - best of men, supreme person

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+uttama)

• puruṣa – man, person
  noun (masculine)
• uttama – best, highest
  adjective (masculine)

क्षयम् (kṣayam) - to destruction, to ruin

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣaya

kṣaya - destruction, ruin, loss, decline

Root: √kṣi (class 5)

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'unto destruction'

नीता (nītā) - led, brought

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of √nī

nī - to lead, to guide, to carry

Past Passive Participle

root nī + kta suffix, feminine singular

Root: √nī (class 1)

Note: Agrees with pṛtanā

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle

पृतना (pṛtanā) - army, host

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pṛtanā

pṛtanā - army, battle, host

Note: Subject of the passive verb nītā

भवता (bhavatā) - by you (honorific)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (honorific)

Present Participle

√bhū + śatṛ suffix, but often used as a pronoun meaning 'you, your honor'

Root: √bhū (class 1)

Note: Agent in a passive construction

महती (mahatī) - great, vast

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty

Note: Agrees with pṛtanā

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Possessive pronoun

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