महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-18, verse-4

पुत्राणां तव दुर्धर्ष पाण्डवानां तथैव च ।
समकम्पन्त सैन्यानि परस्परसमागमे ॥४॥

4. putrāṇāṁ tava durdharṣa pāṇḍavānāṁ tathaiva ca ,
samakampanta sainyāni parasparasamāgame.

4. putrāṇām tava durdharṣa pāṇḍavānām tathā eva
ca samakampanta sainyāni paraspara samāgame

4. durdharṣa tava putrāṇām tathā eva ca pāṇavānām
sainyāni paraspara samāgame samakampanta

4. O unconquerable one, both your sons' armies and the Pāṇḍavas' armies trembled at their mutual encounter.

Words meanings summery:

• पुत्राणाम् (putrāṇām) - of (your) sons (of sons, of children)

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• दुर्धर्ष (durdharṣa) - O unconquerable one (referring to Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (unconquerable, formidable, irresistible, difficult to assault)

• पाण्डवानाम् (pāṇḍavānām) - of the Pāṇḍavas, of the descendants of Pāṇḍu

• तथा (tathā) - and also (thus, so, in that manner)

• एव (eva) - emphasizing 'and also' (only, just, indeed, even)

• च (ca) - and, also

• समकम्पन्त (samakampanta) - they trembled, they shook

• सैन्यानि (sainyāni) - armies, troops, military forces

• परस्पर (paraspara) - mutual, reciprocal

• समागमे (samāgame) - at their mutual encounter (in a meeting, at an encounter, in union)

Words meanings and morphology

पुत्राणाम् (putrāṇām) - of (your) sons (of sons, of children)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son, child

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

दुर्धर्ष (durdharṣa) - O unconquerable one (referring to Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (unconquerable, formidable, irresistible, difficult to assault)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of durdharṣa

durdharṣa - unconquerable, formidable, difficult to attack

Derived from prefix 'dur' and root 'dhṛṣ' (to dare, assault).

Prefix: dur

Root: dhṛṣ (class 5)

पाण्डवानाम् (pāṇḍavānām) - of the Pāṇḍavas, of the descendants of Pāṇḍu

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, son of Pāṇḍu

Taddhita derivation from 'Pāṇḍu' with suffix 'aṇ'.

तथा (tathā) - and also (thus, so, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - emphasizing 'and also' (only, just, indeed, even)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

समकम्पन्त (samakampanta) - they trembled, they shook

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of kamp

Imperfect tense, Ātmanepada

Imperfect tense, 3rd person plural, middle voice (or Ātmanepada). Root 'kamp' (1st class) preceded by prefix 'sam'.

Prefix: sam

Root: kamp (class 1)

सैन्यानि (sainyāni) - armies, troops, military forces

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sainya

sainya - army, troops, military force

Derived from 'senā' (army) with suffix 'ya'.

परस्पर (paraspara) - mutual, reciprocal

(adjective)

of paraspara

paraspara - mutual, reciprocal

समागमे (samāgame) - at their mutual encounter (in a meeting, at an encounter, in union)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samāgama

samāgama - meeting, assembly, encounter, union

Derived from root 'gam' (to go) with prefixes 'sam' and 'ā'.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

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