महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-6, chapter-78, verse-17
तस्य द्रोणोऽवधीदश्वाञ्शरैः संनतपर्वभिः ।
अष्टाभिर्भरतश्रेष्ठ सूतमेकेन पत्रिणा ॥१७॥
अष्टाभिर्भरतश्रेष्ठ सूतमेकेन पत्रिणा ॥१७॥
17. tasya droṇo'vadhīdaśvāñśaraiḥ saṁnataparvabhiḥ ,
aṣṭābhirbharataśreṣṭha sūtamekena patriṇā.
aṣṭābhirbharataśreṣṭha sūtamekena patriṇā.
17.
tasya droṇaḥ avadhīt aśvān śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ
aṣṭābhiḥ bharataśreṣṭha sūtam ekena patrinā
aṣṭābhiḥ bharataśreṣṭha sūtam ekena patrinā
17.
bharataśreṣṭha droṇaḥ tasya aśvān aṣṭābhiḥ
saṃnataparvabhiḥ śaraiḥ sūtam ekena patrinā avadhīt
saṃnataparvabhiḥ śaraiḥ sūtam ekena patrinā avadhīt
17.
O best of the Bharatas, Drona struck down his (opponent's) horses with eight well-jointed arrows, and his charioteer with one feathered arrow.
Words meanings summery:
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- तस्य (tasya) - his (referring to the opponent of Drona) (his, her, its, of that)
- द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - Drona, the preceptor of the Kauravas and Pandavas (Drona (a proper name))
- अवधीत् (avadhīt) - struck down (the horses and charioteer) (killed, struck down)
- अश्वान् (aśvān) - the horses (of the opponent's chariot) (horses)
- शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows (by arrows, with arrows)
- संनतपर्वभिः (saṁnataparvabhiḥ) - with well-jointed (or sharpened) shafts (referring to arrows) (with bent-jointed, with well-jointed, with sharpened joints/shafts)
- अष्टाभिः (aṣṭābhiḥ) - with eight (arrows) (by eight, with eight)
- भरतश्रेष्ठ (bharataśreṣṭha) - O best of the Bharatas (a vocative address, common in the Mahabharata) (O best of Bharatas)
- सूतम् (sūtam) - the charioteer (of the opponent's chariot) (charioteer)
- एकेन (ekena) - with one (arrow) (by one, with one)
- पत्रिना (patrinā) - with a feathered arrow (by a feathered (arrow), with a feathered (arrow))
Words meanings and morphology
तस्य (tasya) - his (referring to the opponent of Drona) (his, her, its, of that)
(pronoun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - Drona, the preceptor of the Kauravas and Pandavas (Drona (a proper name))
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of droṇa
droṇa - Drona (proper name), bucket, a measure of grain
अवधीत् (avadhīt) - struck down (the horses and charioteer) (killed, struck down)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of han
Aorist, 3rd person singular
Imperfective aorist, reduplicated root
Root: han (class 2)
Note: From root √han.
अश्वान् (aśvān) - the horses (of the opponent's chariot) (horses)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of aśva
aśva - horse
शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows (by arrows, with arrows)
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara
śara - arrow, reed
संनतपर्वभिः (saṁnataparvabhiḥ) - with well-jointed (or sharpened) shafts (referring to arrows) (with bent-jointed, with well-jointed, with sharpened joints/shafts)
(adjective)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of saṃnataparvan
saṁnataparvan - having bent joints, having well-jointed sections, sharpened
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sam+nata+parvan)
- sam – with, together, completely
indeclinable - nata – bent, bowed, humbled
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
From root √nam (to bend)
Root: nam (class 1) - parvan – joint, knot, section, limb, festival
noun (neuter)
Note: Adjective agreeing with śaraiḥ.
अष्टाभिः (aṣṭābhiḥ) - with eight (arrows) (by eight, with eight)
(numeral)
Note: Agrees with śaraiḥ.
भरतश्रेष्ठ (bharataśreṣṭha) - O best of the Bharatas (a vocative address, common in the Mahabharata) (O best of Bharatas)
(noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of bharataśreṣṭha
bharataśreṣṭha - best of Bharatas
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bharata+śreṣṭha)
- bharata – descendant of Bharata, name of a king, India
proper noun (masculine) - śreṣṭha – best, excellent, principal
adjective (masculine)
Superlative of praśasya (praśasta)
Note: Addressed to the listener (Sanjaya to Dhritarashtra, typically).
सूतम् (sūtam) - the charioteer (of the opponent's chariot) (charioteer)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of sūta
sūta - charioteer, bard, carpenter
Note: Object of avadhīt.
एकेन (ekena) - with one (arrow) (by one, with one)
(numeral)
Note: Agrees with patrinā.
पत्रिना (patrinā) - with a feathered arrow (by a feathered (arrow), with a feathered (arrow))
(adjective)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of patrin
patrin - feathered, winged (as an arrow or bird)
Note: Can also be a noun for 'arrow' itself. Here used adjectivally with ekena implicitly referring to an arrow.