महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-7, chapter-14, verse-15
तौ वृषाविव नर्दन्तौ मण्डलानि विचेरतुः ।
आवर्जितगदाशृङ्गावुभौ शल्यवृकोदरौ ॥१५॥
आवर्जितगदाशृङ्गावुभौ शल्यवृकोदरौ ॥१५॥
15. tau vṛṣāviva nardantau maṇḍalāni viceratuḥ ,
āvarjitagadāśṛṅgāvubhau śalyavṛkodarau.
āvarjitagadāśṛṅgāvubhau śalyavṛkodarau.
15.
tau vṛṣāu iva nardantau maṇḍalāni viceratuḥ
āvarjitagadāśṛṅgau ubhau śalyavṛkodarau
āvarjitagadāśṛṅgau ubhau śalyavṛkodarau
15.
tau śalya vṛkodarau ubhau vṛṣāu iva nardantau
āvarjitagadāśṛṅgau maṇḍalāni viceratuḥ
āvarjitagadāśṛṅgau maṇḍalāni viceratuḥ
15.
Those two, Śalya and Vṛkodara (Bhīma), roared like two bulls and moved about in circular formations, both with their maces brandished like horns.
Words meanings summery:
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- तौ (tau) - those two
- वृषाउ (vṛṣāu) - two bulls
- इव (iva) - like, as, as if
- नर्दन्तौ (nardantau) - roaring
- मण्डलानि (maṇḍalāni) - circles, circular movements, formations
- विचेरतुः (viceratuḥ) - they moved about, they roamed
- आवर्जितगदाशृङ्गौ (āvarjitagadāśṛṅgau) - whose maces were like raised horns, with brandished mace-horns
- उभौ (ubhau) - both
- शल्यवृकोदरौ (śalyavṛkodarau) - Śalya and Vṛkodara (Bhīma)
Words meanings and morphology
तौ (tau) - those two
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, dual of tad
tad - that, those
वृषाउ (vṛṣāu) - two bulls
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, dual of vṛṣan
vṛṣan - bull, chief, strong man
इव (iva) - like, as, as if
(indeclinable)
नर्दन्तौ (nardantau) - roaring
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, dual of nardat
nardat - roaring
Present Active Participle
From root nard (to roar), present participle
Root: nard (class 1)
मण्डलानि (maṇḍalāni) - circles, circular movements, formations
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, plural of maṇḍala
maṇḍala - circle, disc, orb, circular array
विचेरतुः (viceratuḥ) - they moved about, they roamed
(verb)
3rd person , dual, active, past perfect (lit) of car
Perfect Tense
From root car, with prefix vi
Prefix: vi
Root: car (class 1)
आवर्जितगदाशृङ्गौ (āvarjitagadāśṛṅgau) - whose maces were like raised horns, with brandished mace-horns
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, dual of āvarjitagadāśṛṅga
āvarjitagadāśṛṅga - having maces like raised horns
Bahuvrihi compound: āvarjita (past participle) + gadā (noun) + śṛṅga (noun)
Compound type : bahuvrihi (āvarjita+gadā+śṛṅga)
- āvarjita – bent, turned, raised, brandished
adjective
Past Passive Participle
From root vṛj (to turn, bend) with prefix ā
Prefix: ā
Root: vṛj - gadā – mace, club
noun (feminine) - śṛṅga – horn, peak
noun (neuter)
उभौ (ubhau) - both
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, dual of ubha
ubha - both
शल्यवृकोदरौ (śalyavṛkodarau) - Śalya and Vṛkodara (Bhīma)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, dual of śalyavṛkodara
śalyavṛkodara - Śalya and Vṛkodara
Dvandva compound: Śalya (proper noun) + Vṛkodara (proper noun, epithet of Bhīma)
Compound type : dvandva (śalya+vṛkodara)
- śalya – Śalya (name of a king)
proper noun (masculine) - vṛkodara – Vṛkodara (epithet of Bhīma, lit. 'wolf-bellied')
proper noun (masculine)