महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-103, verse-79

तदन्तरं समासाद्य पाण्डवो मां धनंजयः ।
शरैर्घातयतु क्षिप्रं समन्ताद्भरतर्षभ ॥७९॥

79. tadantaraṁ samāsādya pāṇḍavo māṁ dhanaṁjayaḥ ,
śarairghātayatu kṣipraṁ samantādbharatarṣabha.

79. tat antaram samāsādya pāṇḍavaḥ mām dhanañjayaḥ
śaraiḥ ghātayatu kṣipram samantāt bharatarṣabha

79. bharatarṣabha pāṇḍavaḥ dhanañjayaḥ tat antaram
samāsādya mām śaraiḥ samantāt kṣipram ghātayatu

79. O best of Bharatas (bharatarṣabha), once this Pandava (pāṇḍava), Dhananjaya, has found that opportune moment, let him quickly strike me from all sides with arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that (opportune moment) (that, then, therefore, thereupon)

• अन्तरम् (antaram) - opportune moment, chance (interval, space, inner part, opportunity, time)

• समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having found (an opportune moment) (having approached, having obtained, having reached, having resorted to)

• पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - Arjuna, the Pandava (descendant of Pandu, son of Pandu)

• माम् (mām) - me (Bhishma) (me)

• धनञ्जयः (dhanañjayaḥ) - Arjuna (conqueror of wealth, name of Arjuna)

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows (by arrows, with arrows)

• घातयतु (ghātayatu) - let him strike (me) (let him cause to strike, let him strike, let him kill)

• क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly (quickly, swiftly, immediately)

• समन्तात् (samantāt) - from all sides (from all sides, on all sides, completely)

• भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of Bharatas (Arjuna) (O best of Bharatas, O bull among Bharatas)

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that (opportune moment) (that, then, therefore, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

Note: Often used as a correlative pronoun, but here functioning more like an adverb meaning 'then' or referring to 'that' (implied moment).

अन्तरम् (antaram) - opportune moment, chance (interval, space, inner part, opportunity, time)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of antara

antara - interval, space, interior, difference, opportunity, intermediate

समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having found (an opportune moment) (having approached, having obtained, having reached, having resorted to)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

From root sad (to sit) with upasargas sam-ā. absolutivized by -ya suffix.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: sad (class 1)

पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - Arjuna, the Pandava (descendant of Pandu, son of Pandu)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - son of Pandu, descendant of Pandu

Derived from Paṇḍu with the suffix -a denoting 'descendant of'

माम् (mām) - me (Bhishma) (me)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

धनञ्जयः (dhanañjayaḥ) - Arjuna (conqueror of wealth, name of Arjuna)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhanañjaya

dhanañjaya - conqueror of wealth, name of Arjuna

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dhana+jaya)

• dhana – wealth, riches, property
  noun (neuter)
• jaya – victory, triumph, conqueror
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ji (class 1)

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows (by arrows, with arrows)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow, reed

घातयतु (ghātayatu) - let him strike (me) (let him cause to strike, let him strike, let him kill)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of ghātaya

causative stem

Causative of root han (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly (quickly, swiftly, immediately)

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions as an adverb.

समन्तात् (samantāt) - from all sides (from all sides, on all sides, completely)

(indeclinable)

Formed from samanta (all-round) with the tasi suffix indicating 'from'

भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of Bharatas (Arjuna) (O best of Bharatas, O bull among Bharatas)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatarṣabha

bharatarṣabha - best of Bharatas

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bharata+ṛṣabha)

• bharata – descendant of Bharata, name of a king, a Bharata
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, best, chief
  noun (masculine)

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