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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-123, verse-3

पुनः पुनस्तूबरक मूढ औदरिकेति च ।
अकृतास्त्रक मा योधीर्बाल संग्रामकातर ॥३॥
3. punaḥ punastūbaraka mūḍha audariketi ca ,
akṛtāstraka mā yodhīrbāla saṁgrāmakātara.
3. punaḥ punaḥ tūbaraka mūḍha audarika iti ca
akṛtāstraka mā yodhīḥ bāla saṃgrāmakātara
3. punaḥ punaḥ,
tūbaraka mūḍha audarika iti ca,
akṛtāstraka bāla saṃgrāmakātara mā yodhīḥ
3. Again and again, Karna called me 'Oh wretch, oh fool, oh glutton!' and said, 'Oh you unskilled in weaponry, oh boy timid of battle, do not fight!'

Words meanings summery:

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  • पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly
  • पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly
  • तूबरक (tūbaraka) - an insult hurled by Karna at Arjuna (oh wretch, oh worthless one, oh bloated one)
  • मूढ (mūḍha) - an insult hurled by Karna at Arjuna (oh fool, oh deluded one)
  • औदरिक (audarika) - an insult hurled by Karna at Arjuna (oh glutton, oh belly-worshipper)
  • इति (iti) - thus, so saying
  • (ca) - and
  • अकृतास्त्रक (akṛtāstraka) - an insult hurled by Karna at Arjuna, implying he is not practiced in archery/weapons (oh unskilled in weaponry)
  • मा (mā) - used with an injunctive (Aorist) to express prohibition (do not)
  • योधीः (yodhīḥ) - a command/injunction: 'do not fight' (fight)
  • बाल (bāla) - an insult hurled by Karna at Arjuna, implying immaturity or weakness (oh boy, oh child)
  • संग्रामकातर (saṁgrāmakātara) - an insult hurled by Karna at Arjuna (oh timid of battle, oh fearful in war)

Words meanings and morphology

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly
(indeclinable)
पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly
(indeclinable)
तूबरक (tūbaraka) - an insult hurled by Karna at Arjuna (oh wretch, oh worthless one, oh bloated one)
(noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of tūbaraka
tūbaraka - a wretch, a worthless fellow, bloated one (derogatory)
मूढ (mūḍha) - an insult hurled by Karna at Arjuna (oh fool, oh deluded one)
(adjective)
Vocative, masculine, singular of mūḍha
mūḍha - foolish, stupid, deluded, bewildered
Past Passive Participle
From root 'muh' (to be confused, deluded)
Root: muh (class 4)
औदरिक (audarika) - an insult hurled by Karna at Arjuna (oh glutton, oh belly-worshipper)
(adjective)
Vocative, masculine, singular of audarika
audarika - gluttonous, devoted to one's belly, a glutton
Derived from 'udara' (belly)
इति (iti) - thus, so saying
(indeclinable)
(ca) - and
(indeclinable)
अकृतास्त्रक (akṛtāstraka) - an insult hurled by Karna at Arjuna, implying he is not practiced in archery/weapons (oh unskilled in weaponry)
(adjective)
Vocative, masculine, singular of akṛtāstraka
akṛtāstraka - unpracticed in the use of weapons, unskilled in archery
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+kṛta+astra+ka)
  • a – not, un-
    indeclinable
    Negative prefix
  • kṛta – done, made, performed, practiced
    adjective (masculine)
    Past Passive Participle
    From root 'kṛ' (to do, to make)
    Root: kṛ (class 8)
  • astra – weapon, missile
    noun (neuter)
  • ka – suffix, diminutive, derogatory
    indeclinable
    Suffix implying smallness, inferiority, or affection
मा (mā) - used with an injunctive (Aorist) to express prohibition (do not)
(indeclinable)
योधीः (yodhīḥ) - a command/injunction: 'do not fight' (fight)
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, injunctive aorist (luṅ) of yudh
Root: yudh (class 4)
बाल (bāla) - an insult hurled by Karna at Arjuna, implying immaturity or weakness (oh boy, oh child)
(noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of bāla
bāla - child, boy, young, immature, foolish
संग्रामकातर (saṁgrāmakātara) - an insult hurled by Karna at Arjuna (oh timid of battle, oh fearful in war)
(adjective)
Vocative, masculine, singular of saṃgrāmakātara
saṁgrāmakātara - timid in battle, cowardly in war
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃgrāma+kātara)
  • saṃgrāma – battle, war, conflict
    noun (masculine)
    From 'sam' + 'grām' (to go, to fight)
    Prefix: sam
    Root: gram (class 1)
  • kātara – timid, fearful, anxious, agitated
    adjective (masculine)