महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-6, chapter-114, verse-106
हतप्रवीराश्च वयं निकृत्ताश्च शितैः शरैः ।
कर्तव्यं नाभिजानीमो निर्जिताः सव्यसाचिना ॥१०६॥
कर्तव्यं नाभिजानीमो निर्जिताः सव्यसाचिना ॥१०६॥
106. hatapravīrāśca vayaṁ nikṛttāśca śitaiḥ śaraiḥ ,
kartavyaṁ nābhijānīmo nirjitāḥ savyasācinā.
kartavyaṁ nābhijānīmo nirjitāḥ savyasācinā.
106.
hatapravīrāḥ ca vayam nikṛttāḥ ca śitaiḥ śaraiḥ
kartavyam na abhijānīmaḥ nirjitāḥ savyasācinā
kartavyam na abhijānīmaḥ nirjitāḥ savyasācinā
106.
ca vayam hatapravīrāḥ ca śitaiḥ śaraiḥ nikṛttāḥ
savyasācinā nirjitāḥ kartavyam na abhijānīmaḥ
savyasācinā nirjitāḥ kartavyam na abhijānīmaḥ
106.
With our valiant heroes slain and ourselves cut down by sharp arrows, we do not know what action (kartavya) to take, having been thoroughly defeated by Savyasācin (Arjuna).
Words meanings summery:
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- हतप्रवीराः (hatapravīrāḥ) - Our heroes having been killed (having heroes slain, whose heroes are killed)
- च (ca) - and (and, also)
- वयम् (vayam) - we
- निकृत्ताः (nikṛttāḥ) - cut down (cut down, severed)
- च (ca) - and (and, also)
- शितैः (śitaiḥ) - by sharp (by sharp, by whetted)
- शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows
- कर्तव्यम् (kartavyam) - what action should be taken (what should be done, duty, action)
- न (na) - not
- अभिजानीमः (abhijānīmaḥ) - we know (we know, we recognize)
- निर्जिताः (nirjitāḥ) - having been defeated (defeated, conquered)
- सव्यसाचिना (savyasācinā) - by Savyasācin (Arjuna)
Words meanings and morphology
हतप्रवीराः (hatapravīrāḥ) - Our heroes having been killed (having heroes slain, whose heroes are killed)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of hatapravīra
hatapravīra - one whose heroes are slain, whose warriors are killed
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hata+pravīra)
- hata – slain, killed, destroyed
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root han (to strike, kill)
Root: han (class 2) - pravīra – hero, valiant man, chief warrior
noun (masculine)
Prefix: pra
च (ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
वयम् (vayam) - we
(pronoun)
Nominative, plural of asmad
asmad - I, we
निकृत्ताः (nikṛttāḥ) - cut down (cut down, severed)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of nikṛtta
nikṛtta - cut down, severed, mutilated
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root kṛt (to cut) with upasarga ni
Prefix: ni
Root: kṛt (class 6)
च (ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
शितैः (śitaiḥ) - by sharp (by sharp, by whetted)
(adjective)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of śita
śita - sharpened, whetted, keen, sharp
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root śo/śi (to sharpen)
Root: śo (class 4)
शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara
śara - arrow
कर्तव्यम् (kartavyam) - what action should be taken (what should be done, duty, action)
(adjective)
neuter, singular of kartavya
kartavya - to be done, proper to be done, duty, action
Gerundive
Derived from root kṛ (to do) with suffix -tavya
Root: kṛ (class 8)
न (na) - not
(indeclinable)
अभिजानीमः (abhijānīmaḥ) - we know (we know, we recognize)
(verb)
1st person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of abhijñā
Prefix: abhi
Root: jñā (class 9)
निर्जिताः (nirjitāḥ) - having been defeated (defeated, conquered)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of nirjita
nirjita - conquered, defeated, subdued
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root ji (to conquer) with upasarga nir
Prefix: nir
Root: ji (class 1)
Note: Functions here as a predicate adjective describing 'we' (vayam).
सव्यसाचिना (savyasācinā) - by Savyasācin (Arjuna)
(proper noun)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of savyasācin
savyasācin - one who can shoot with the left hand (an epithet of Arjuna)
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (savya+sācin)
- savya – left (hand), reverse
adjective (masculine) - sācin – shooter, archer
noun (masculine)
Agent noun, often used in compounds like savyasācin.