महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-69, verse-20

पुत्रस्तु तव तेजस्वी भीमसेनेन ताडितः ।
नामृष्यत यथा नागस्तलशब्दं समीरितम् ॥२०॥

20. putrastu tava tejasvī bhīmasenena tāḍitaḥ ,
nāmṛṣyata yathā nāgastalaśabdaṁ samīritam.

20. putraḥ tu tava tejasvī bhīmasenena tāḍitaḥ
na amṛṣyata yathā nāgaḥ talaśabdam samīritam

20. Your radiant son, indeed, struck by Bhimasena, could not endure it, just as a snake cannot tolerate the sound of a clap.

Words meanings summery:

• पुत्रः (putraḥ) - your son (Duryodhana) (son)

• तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, yet)

• तव (tava) - your (addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (your, of yours)

• तेजस्वी (tejasvī) - radiant, powerful (radiant, glorious, powerful, spirited)

• भीमसेनेन (bhīmasenena) - by Bhimasena

• ताडितः (tāḍitaḥ) - struck (struck, beaten, tormented)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अमृष्यत (amṛṣyata) - he (Duryodhana) could not endure (he endured, he tolerated)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

• नागः (nāgaḥ) - a snake (snake, serpent, elephant)

• तलशब्दम् (talaśabdam) - the sound of a clap (sound of hands, clapping sound)

• समीरितम् (samīritam) - produced (the clapped sound) (uttered, caused to sound, produced)

Words meanings and morphology

पुत्रः (putraḥ) - your son (Duryodhana) (son)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

From root pu (to purify) + tra suffix (savior from put).

Root: pu

तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, yet)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

तव (tava) - your (addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (your, of yours)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Second person pronoun.

तेजस्वी (tejasvī) - radiant, powerful (radiant, glorious, powerful, spirited)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tejasvin

tejasvin - radiant, glorious, energetic, powerful, spirited

From tejas (splendor, energy) + vin suffix.

Note: Qualifies putraḥ.

भीमसेनेन (bhīmasenena) - by Bhimasena

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhīmasena

bhīmasena - Bhimasena (name of a Pāṇḍava brother)

Compound of bhīma (terrible) and sena (army, leader).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (bhīma+sena)

• bhīma – terrible, dreadful
  adjective (masculine)
  From root bhī (to fear) + ma suffix.
  Root: bhī
• sena – army, leader, commander
  noun (feminine)
  From root si (to bind) or san (to gain).
  Root: si / san

Note: Agent of tāḍitaḥ.

ताडितः (tāḍitaḥ) - struck (struck, beaten, tormented)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tāḍita

tāḍita - struck, beaten, hit, tormented

Past Passive Participle

From causal root tāḍ (to strike, beat) which is a derivative of taḍ (to strike).

Root: taḍ (class 10)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

अमृष्यत (amṛṣyata) - he (Duryodhana) could not endure (he endured, he tolerated)

(verb)

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

Imperfect

From root mṛṣ (to endure). 4th class verb. a- is augment for imperfect.

Root: mṛṣ (class 4)

Note: Verb for putraḥ.

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial particle.

नागः (nāgaḥ) - a snake (snake, serpent, elephant)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nāga

nāga - snake, serpent, elephant, a mountain

From na (not) + aga (moving) - implying one that does not move by foot, or one that does not move (a mountain).

Note: Subject of the simile.

तलशब्दम् (talaśabdam) - the sound of a clap (sound of hands, clapping sound)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of talaśabda

talaśabda - sound of hands, clapping, sound from a flat surface

Compound of tala (palm of hand, flat surface) and śabda (sound).

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (tala+śabda)

• tala – palm of hand, sole of foot, surface, flat ground
  noun (neuter / masculine)
• śabda – sound, word, noise
  noun (masculine)
  From root śabd (to make noise).
  Root: śabd

Note: Object of amṛṣyata (understood in the simile context).

समीरितम् (samīritam) - produced (the clapped sound) (uttered, caused to sound, produced)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of samīrita

samīrita - uttered, caused to sound, produced, moved

Past Passive Participle

From root īr (to move, excite, utter) with prefix sam. īr is strengthened to īr.

Prefix: sam

Root: īr (class 2)