महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-6, chapter-21, verse-3
धनंजय कथं शक्यमस्माभिर्योद्धुमाहवे ।
धार्तराष्ट्रैर्महाबाहो येषां योद्धा पितामहः ॥३॥
धार्तराष्ट्रैर्महाबाहो येषां योद्धा पितामहः ॥३॥
3. dhanaṁjaya kathaṁ śakyamasmābhiryoddhumāhave ,
dhārtarāṣṭrairmahābāho yeṣāṁ yoddhā pitāmahaḥ.
dhārtarāṣṭrairmahābāho yeṣāṁ yoddhā pitāmahaḥ.
3.
dhanaṃjaya katham śakyam asmābhiḥ yoddhum āhave
dhārtarāṣṭraiḥ mahābāho yeṣām yodhā pitāmahaḥ
dhārtarāṣṭraiḥ mahābāho yeṣām yodhā pitāmahaḥ
3.
dhanaṃjaya mahābāho,
yeṣām pitāmahaḥ yodhā,
asmābhiḥ āhave dhārtarāṣṭraiḥ katham yoddhum śakyam?
yeṣām pitāmahaḥ yodhā,
asmābhiḥ āhave dhārtarāṣṭraiḥ katham yoddhum śakyam?
3.
O Dhananjaya, O mighty-armed one, how can we possibly fight in this battle against the sons of Dhritarashtra, when their leading warrior is our own revered grandfather?
Words meanings summery:
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- धनंजय (dhanaṁjaya) - O Arjuna (O Arjuna, O conqueror of wealth)
- कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner
- शक्यम् (śakyam) - possible, able to be done
- अस्माभिः (asmābhiḥ) - by us
- योद्धुम् (yoddhum) - to fight
- आहवे (āhave) - in battle, in combat
- धार्तराष्ट्रैः (dhārtarāṣṭraiḥ) - with the sons of Dhritarashtra
- महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O Arjuna (O mighty-armed one)
- येषाम् (yeṣām) - whose (referring to the Dhritarashtras) (whose, of whom)
- योधा (yodhā) - the warrior (Bhishma) (warrior, fighter)
- पितामहः (pitāmahaḥ) - paternal grandfather (Bhishma) (grandfather)
Words meanings and morphology
धनंजय (dhanaṁjaya) - O Arjuna (O Arjuna, O conqueror of wealth)
(proper noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of dhanaṃjaya
dhanaṁjaya - conqueror of wealth (an epithet of Arjuna), fire
Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (dhana+jaya)
- dhana – wealth, riches, property
noun (neuter) - jaya – conquest, victory, a conqueror
noun (masculine)
agent noun
from root 'ji' with suffix '-a'
Root: ji (class 1)
कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner
(indeclinable)
शक्यम् (śakyam) - possible, able to be done
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of śakya
śakya - possible, practicable, able to be done
Gerundive
formed from root 'śak' with suffix '-ya'
Root: śak (class 5)
अस्माभिः (asmābhiḥ) - by us
(pronoun)
Instrumental, plural of asmad
asmad - we, us
योद्धुम् (yoddhum) - to fight
(indeclinable)
Infinitive
formed from root 'yudh' with suffix '-tum'
Root: yudh (class 4)
आहवे (āhave) - in battle, in combat
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of āhava
āhava - battle, war, combat
धार्तराष्ट्रैः (dhārtarāṣṭraiḥ) - with the sons of Dhritarashtra
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of dhārtarāṣṭra
dhārtarāṣṭra - son of Dhritarashtra
taddhita derivation from 'dhṛtarāṣṭra'
महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O Arjuna (O mighty-armed one)
(adjective)
Vocative, masculine, singular of mahābāhu
mahābāhu - great-armed, mighty-armed
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bāhu)
- mahā – great, large, mighty
adjective - bāhu – arm, fore-arm
noun (masculine)
येषाम् (yeṣām) - whose (referring to the Dhritarashtras) (whose, of whom)
(pronoun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of yad
yad - who, which, what
योधा (yodhā) - the warrior (Bhishma) (warrior, fighter)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of yodhan
yodhan - warrior, combatant
agent noun from root 'yudh'
Root: yudh (class 4)
पितामहः (pitāmahaḥ) - paternal grandfather (Bhishma) (grandfather)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of pitāmaha
pitāmaha - paternal grandfather, Brahma