महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-43, verse-72

कुन्तिभोजसुतश्चापि विन्दं विव्याध सायकैः ।
स च तं प्रतिविव्याध तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् ॥७२॥

72. kuntibhojasutaścāpi vindaṁ vivyādha sāyakaiḥ ,
sa ca taṁ prativivyādha tadadbhutamivābhavat.

72. kuntibhojasutaḥ ca api vindam vivyādha sāyakaiḥ
saḥ ca tam prativivyādha tat adbhutam iva abhavat

72. ca api kuntibhojasutaḥ sāyakaiḥ vindam vivyādha
ca saḥ tam prativivyādha tat iva adbhutam abhavat

72. And Kuntibhoja's son also wounded Vinda with arrows. In turn, Vinda wounded him (Kuntibhoja's son), and that was truly astonishing.

Words meanings summery:

• कुन्तिभोजसुतः (kuntibhojasutaḥ) - Kuntibhoja's son

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, even

• विन्दम् (vindam) - Vinda

• विव्याध (vivyādha) - he pierced, he wounded

• सायकैः (sāyakaiḥ) - by arrows, with arrows

• सः (saḥ) - Vinda (referring back to Vinda from previous clause) (he)

• च (ca) - and, also

• तम् (tam) - Kuntibhoja's son (him, that)

• प्रतिविव्याध (prativivyādha) - he pierced back, he wounded in return

• तत् (tat) - that

• अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - wonderful, astonishing, a wonder

• इव (iva) - truly, indeed (intensifier in this context) (like, as, as it were)

• अभवत् (abhavat) - it was, it became

Words meanings and morphology

कुन्तिभोजसुतः (kuntibhojasutaḥ) - Kuntibhoja's son

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kuntibhojasuta

kuntibhojasuta - son of Kuntibhoja

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kuntibhoja+suta)

• kuntibhoja – Kuntibhoja (a proper name)
  proper noun (masculine)
• suta – son, child
  noun (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of sū (to bear)
  Root: sū (class 2)

Note: Subject of 'vivyādha'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

विन्दम् (vindam) - Vinda

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vinda

vinda - Vinda (a proper name)

Root: vid (class 7)

Note: Object of 'vivyādha'.

विव्याध (vivyādha) - he pierced, he wounded

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vyādh

Perfect tense, third person singular

From root √vyadh (to pierce)

Root: vyadh (class 4)

सायकैः (sāyakaiḥ) - by arrows, with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sāyaka

sāyaka - arrow

Derived from √si (to bind, to cast)

Root: si (class 4)

Note: Instrument of 'vivyādha'.

सः (saḥ) - Vinda (referring back to Vinda from previous clause) (he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Subject of 'prativivyādha'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - Kuntibhoja's son (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Object of 'prativivyādha'.

प्रतिविव्याध (prativivyādha) - he pierced back, he wounded in return

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of prativyādh

Perfect tense, third person singular

From root √vyadh (to pierce) with prefix prati

Prefix: prati

Root: vyadh (class 4)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Subject of 'abhavat'.

अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - wonderful, astonishing, a wonder

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of adbhuta

adbhuta - wonderful, astonishing, miracle, wonder

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Predicate nominative for 'abhavat'.

इव (iva) - truly, indeed (intensifier in this context) (like, as, as it were)

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions as an intensifier here, indicating that the event *was* astonishing.

अभवत् (abhavat) - it was, it became

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of bhū

Imperfect tense, third person singular

From root √bhū, prefixed with 'a' for imperfect

Root: bhū (class 1)