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6,113

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-113, verse-20

स तां शिक्षामधिष्ठाय कृत्वा परबलक्षयम् ।
अहन्यहनि पार्थानां वृद्धः कुरुपितामहः ।
भीष्मो दश सहस्राणि जघान परवीरहा ॥२०॥
20. sa tāṁ śikṣāmadhiṣṭhāya kṛtvā parabalakṣayam ,
ahanyahani pārthānāṁ vṛddhaḥ kurupitāmahaḥ ,
bhīṣmo daśa sahasrāṇi jaghāna paravīrahā.
20. sa tām śikṣām adhiṣṭhāya kṛtvā
parabalakṣayam ahani ahani pārthānām
vṛddhaḥ kurupitāmahaḥ bhīṣmaḥ
daśa sahasrāṇi jaghāna paravīrahā
20. saḥ tām śikṣām adhiṣṭhāya parabalakṣayam kṛtvā,
vṛddhaḥ kurupitāmahaḥ paravīrahā bhīṣmaḥ ahani ahani pārthānām daśa sahasrāṇi jaghāna
20. Having taken up that instruction, and having brought about the destruction of enemy forces, Bhīṣma, the venerable grandsire of the Kurus, a slayer of enemy heroes, killed ten thousand warriors of the Pārthas day after day.

Words meanings summery:

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  • (sa) - he (Bhīṣma) (he, that)
  • ताम् (tām) - that (instruction/knowledge) (that, her)
  • शिक्षाम् (śikṣām) - the weapon-knowledge mentioned previously (instruction, knowledge)
  • अधिष्ठाय (adhiṣṭhāya) - having taken up (that instruction) (having stood over, having resorted to, having taken up)
  • कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having brought about (having done, having made)
  • परबलक्षयम् (parabalakṣayam) - destruction of enemy forces
  • अहनि (ahani) - day (in 'day after day') (on the day)
  • अहनि (ahani) - day (in 'day after day') (on the day)
  • पार्थानाम् (pārthānām) - of the Pārthas
  • वृद्धः (vṛddhaḥ) - venerable (Bhīṣma) (old, aged, venerable)
  • कुरुपितामहः (kurupitāmahaḥ) - grandsire of the Kurus
  • भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhīṣma
  • दश (daśa) - ten
  • सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - ten thousand (warriors) (thousands)
  • जघान (jaghāna) - killed, struck, slew
  • परवीरहा (paravīrahā) - slayer of enemy heroes

Words meanings and morphology

(sa) - he (Bhīṣma) (he, that)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
ताम् (tām) - that (instruction/knowledge) (that, her)
(pronoun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
शिक्षाम् (śikṣām) - the weapon-knowledge mentioned previously (instruction, knowledge)
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of śikṣā
śikṣā - instruction, teaching, learning, knowledge
अधिष्ठाय (adhiṣṭhāya) - having taken up (that instruction) (having stood over, having resorted to, having taken up)
(indeclinable)
Absolutive (Gerund)
formed from root sthā with prefix adhi
Prefix: adhi
Root: sthā (class 1)
कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having brought about (having done, having made)
(indeclinable)
Absolutive (Gerund)
formed from root kṛ
Root: kṛ (class 8)
परबलक्षयम् (parabalakṣayam) - destruction of enemy forces
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of parabalakṣaya
parabalakṣaya - destruction of hostile armies/forces
Compound type : tatpurusha (para+bala+kṣaya)
  • para – enemy, hostile, other
    adjective
  • bala – strength, power, force, army
    noun (neuter)
  • kṣaya – destruction, loss, decay, end
    noun (masculine)
अहनि (ahani) - day (in 'day after day') (on the day)
(noun)
Locative, neuter, singular of ahan
ahan - day
Note: Repeated for 'day after day' (ahan ahani)
अहनि (ahani) - day (in 'day after day') (on the day)
(noun)
Locative, neuter, singular of ahan
ahan - day
Note: Repetition creates 'day after day' (ahan ahani)
पार्थानाम् (pārthānām) - of the Pārthas
(proper noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of pārtha
pārtha - son of Pṛthā (Kuntī), a name for Arjuna and his brothers
वृद्धः (vṛddhaḥ) - venerable (Bhīṣma) (old, aged, venerable)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛddha
vṛddha - old, aged, grown, venerable, wise
Past Passive Participle
formed from root vṛdh
Root: vṛdh (class 1)
कुरुपितामहः (kurupitāmahaḥ) - grandsire of the Kurus
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kurupitāmaha
kurupitāmaha - grandfather of the Kurus (Bhīṣma)
Compound type : tatpurusha (kuru+pitāmaha)
  • kuru – the Kurus (a legendary race or dynasty, associated with Bhārata)
    proper noun (masculine)
  • pitāmaha – grandfather
    noun (masculine)
भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhīṣma
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma
bhīṣma - Bhīṣma (a prominent character in the Mahābhārata)
दश (daśa) - ten
(numeral)
सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - ten thousand (warriors) (thousands)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, plural of sahasra
sahasra - thousand
जघान (jaghāna) - killed, struck, slew
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of han
Perfect Active
root han, Perfect tense, 3rd person singular
Root: han (class 2)
परवीरहा (paravīrahā) - slayer of enemy heroes
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of paravīrahā
paravīrahā - killer of enemy heroes
Compound type : tatpurusha (para+vīra+han)
  • para – enemy, hostile, other
    adjective
  • vīra – hero, warrior, valiant
    noun (masculine)
  • han – killing, slayer (suffix for agent noun)
    noun (masculine)
    agent noun
    derived from root han 'to kill'
    Root: han (class 2)