महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-6, chapter-104, verse-4
कृत्वा व्यूहं महाराज सर्वशत्रुनिबर्हणम् ।
शिखण्डी सर्वसैन्यानामग्र आसीद्विशां पते ॥४॥
शिखण्डी सर्वसैन्यानामग्र आसीद्विशां पते ॥४॥
4. kṛtvā vyūhaṁ mahārāja sarvaśatrunibarhaṇam ,
śikhaṇḍī sarvasainyānāmagra āsīdviśāṁ pate.
śikhaṇḍī sarvasainyānāmagra āsīdviśāṁ pate.
4.
kṛtvā vyūhaṃ mahārāja sarvaśatrunibarhaṇaṃ
śikhaṇḍī sarvasainyānām agre āsīt viśāṃ pate
śikhaṇḍī sarvasainyānām agre āsīt viśāṃ pate
4.
mahārāja viśāṃ pate sarvaśatrunibarhaṇaṃ
vyūhaṃ kṛtvā śikhaṇḍī sarvasainyānām agre āsīt
vyūhaṃ kṛtvā śikhaṇḍī sarvasainyānām agre āsīt
4.
Having formed a battle array (vyūha), O great king (mahārāja), which would destroy all enemies, Śikhaṇḍin stood at the front of all the armies, O lord of men (viśāṃ pate).
Words meanings summery:
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- कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made, having done, having formed
- व्यूहं (vyūhaṁ) - battle array, formation
- महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king (addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (O great king)
- सर्वशत्रुनिबर्हणं (sarvaśatrunibarhaṇaṁ) - destroyer of all enemies, crushing all foes
- शिखण्डी (śikhaṇḍī) - Śikhaṇḍin
- सर्वसैन्यानाम् (sarvasainyānām) - of all armies
- अग्रे (agre) - in the front, at the head
- आसीत् (āsīt) - was, he was
- विशां (viśāṁ) - of men, of subjects
- पते (pate) - O lord (addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (O lord, master)
Words meanings and morphology
कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made, having done, having formed
(indeclinable)
Absolutive (Gerund)
Formed from root kṛ- 'to do, make' with suffix -tvā.
Root: kṛ (class 8)
व्यूहं (vyūhaṁ) - battle array, formation
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of vyūha
vyūha - battle array, military formation, arrangement
Derived from root ūh- 'to push, arrange' with prefix vi- 'apart'.
Prefix: vi
Root: ūh (class 1)
महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king (addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (O great king)
(noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja
mahārāja - great king, sovereign
Compound type : Karmadhāraya (mahā+rāja)
- mahā – great, mighty, large
adjective - rāja – king, ruler
noun (masculine)
सर्वशत्रुनिबर्हणं (sarvaśatrunibarhaṇaṁ) - destroyer of all enemies, crushing all foes
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of sarvaśatrunibarhaṇa
sarvaśatrunibarhaṇa - destroyer of all enemies, crushing all foes
Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (sarvaśatru+nibarhaṇa)
- sarvaśatru – all enemies, every foe
noun (masculine) - nibarhaṇa – destroying, killing, crushing
noun (neuter)
Verbal noun
Derived from root bṛh- 'to crush, kill' with prefix ni- and suffix -ana.
Prefix: ni
Root: bṛh (class 1)
Note: Agrees with 'vyūhaṃ'.
शिखण्डी (śikhaṇḍī) - Śikhaṇḍin
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of śikhaṇḍin
śikhaṇḍin - Śikhaṇḍin (a character in the Mahābhārata, originally female, considered the cause of Bhīṣma's downfall)
सर्वसैन्यानाम् (sarvasainyānām) - of all armies
(noun)
Genitive, neuter, plural of sarvasainya
sarvasainya - all armies, the entire army
Compound type : Karmadhāraya (sarva+sainya)
- sarva – all, every, entire
pronoun - sainya – army, host, military
noun (neuter)
अग्रे (agre) - in the front, at the head
(noun)
Locative, neuter, singular of agra
agra - front, tip, top, foremost part
Note: Used adverbially to mean 'in front'.
आसीत् (āsīt) - was, he was
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as
Imperfect Tense
Root as- 'to be', 3rd person singular imperfect active
Root: as (class 2)
विशां (viśāṁ) - of men, of subjects
(noun)
Genitive, feminine, plural of viś
viś - people, subjects, men
पते (pate) - O lord (addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (O lord, master)
(noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of pati
pati - lord, master, husband