महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-116, verse-36

ग्रहणं धर्मराजस्य खगः श्येन इवामिषम् ।
नित्यमाशंसते द्रोणः कच्चित्स्यात्कुशली नृपः ॥३६॥

36. grahaṇaṁ dharmarājasya khagaḥ śyena ivāmiṣam ,
nityamāśaṁsate droṇaḥ kaccitsyātkuśalī nṛpaḥ.

36. grahaṇam dharmarājasya khagaḥ śyenaḥ iva āmiṣam
nityam āśaṃsate droṇaḥ kaccit syāt kuśalī nṛpaḥ

36. droṇaḥ dharmarājasya grahaṇam khagaḥ śyenaḥ āmiṣam
iva nityam āśaṃsate kaccit nṛpaḥ kuśalī syāt

36. Droṇa constantly desires the capture of Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira), just as a hawk desires its prey. (He wonders) "May the king be well?"

Words meanings summery:

• ग्रहणम् (grahaṇam) - capture, seizure, taking

• धर्मराजस्य (dharmarājasya) - of Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira) (of Dharmarāja, of the King of Dharma)

• खगः (khagaḥ) - bird

• श्येनः (śyenaḥ) - hawk, falcon

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• आमिषम् (āmiṣam) - prey, flesh, meat

• नित्यम् (nityam) - constantly, always, perpetually

• आशंसते (āśaṁsate) - hopes for, desires, expects

• द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - Droṇa

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - perhaps, may it be that (an interrogative particle implying hope or doubt)

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, let him be

• कुशली (kuśalī) - well, safe, skilled

• नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - king, ruler

Words meanings and morphology

ग्रहणम् (grahaṇam) - capture, seizure, taking

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of grahaṇa

grahaṇa - taking, seizing, capturing, apprehension

Root: grah (class 9)

धर्मराजस्य (dharmarājasya) - of Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira) (of Dharmarāja, of the King of Dharma)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dharmarāja

dharmarāja - king of dharma, king of righteousness, a title of Yudhiṣṭhira, Yama

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+rāja)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, righteousness, duty, virtue, religion
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• rāja – king, ruler, prince
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rāj (class 1)

खगः (khagaḥ) - bird

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of khaga

khaga - bird (literally 'sky-goer')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kha+ga)

• kha – sky, air, space, ether, zero
  noun (neuter)
• ga – going, moving, a goer
  adjective (masculine)
  derived from root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

श्येनः (śyenaḥ) - hawk, falcon

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śyena

śyena - hawk, falcon

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

आमिषम् (āmiṣam) - prey, flesh, meat

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of āmiṣa

āmiṣa - flesh, meat, prey, sensual object

नित्यम् (nityam) - constantly, always, perpetually

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially here.

आशंसते (āśaṁsate) - hopes for, desires, expects

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of āśaṃs

Prefix: ā

Root: śaṃs (class 1)

द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - Droṇa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of droṇa

droṇa - Droṇa (name of a preceptor of the Kauravas and Pāṇḍavas)

कच्चित् (kaccit) - perhaps, may it be that (an interrogative particle implying hope or doubt)

(indeclinable)

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, let him be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

कुशली (kuśalī) - well, safe, skilled

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kuśalin

kuśalin - well, healthy, safe, auspicious, skillful

नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - king, ruler

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, ruler (literally 'man-protector')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nṛ+pa)

• nṛ – man, male
  noun (masculine)
• pa – protector, guardian, drinking
  noun (masculine)
  derived from root pā (to protect or to drink)
  Root: pā (class 2)

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