महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-150, verse-23

तौ प्रगृह्य महावेगे धनुषी भीमनिस्वने ।
प्राच्छादयेतामन्योन्यं तक्षमाणौ महेषुभिः ॥२३॥

23. tau pragṛhya mahāvege dhanuṣī bhīmanisvane ,
prācchādayetāmanyonyaṁ takṣamāṇau maheṣubhiḥ.

23. tau pragṛhya mahāvege dhanuṣī bhīmanisvane
prācchādayetām anyonyaṃ takṣamāṇau maheṣubhiḥ

23. tau mahāvege bhīmanisvane dhanuṣī pragṛhya
maheṣubhiḥ takṣamāṇau anyonyaṃ prācchādayetām

23. Having grasped their two bows, swift and with a terrible twang, they both covered each other, wounding with great arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• तौ (tau) - they both, those two

• प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - having grasped, having seized

• महावेगे (mahāvege) - very swift, of great speed

• धनुषी (dhanuṣī) - two bows

• भीमनिस्वने (bhīmanisvane) - with a terrible sound/twang

• प्राच्छादयेताम् (prācchādayetām) - they both covered

• अन्योन्यं (anyonyaṁ) - each other

• तक्षमाणौ (takṣamāṇau) - cutting, wounding, hewing

• महेषुभिः (maheṣubhiḥ) - with great arrows

Words meanings and morphology

तौ (tau) - they both, those two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - having grasped, having seized

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Derived from root grah with prefix pra.

Prefix: pra

Root: grah (class 9)

महावेगे (mahāvege) - very swift, of great speed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, dual of mahāvega

mahāvega - great speed, very swift

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+vega)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• vega – speed, velocity, force
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'dhanuṣī'.

धनुषी (dhanuṣī) - two bows

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, dual of dhanus

dhanus - bow, arc

भीमनिस्वने (bhīmanisvane) - with a terrible sound/twang

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, dual of bhīmanisvana

bhīmanisvana - having a terrible sound

Compound type : karmadhāraya (bhīma+nisvana)

• bhīma – terrible, dreadful
  adjective
• nisvana – sound, noise, twang (of a bow)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'dhanuṣī'.

प्राच्छादयेताम् (prācchādayetām) - they both covered

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, imperfect (laṅ) of prācchādayetām

Causative form of root 'chad'.

Prefixes: pra+ā

Root: chad (class 10)

अन्योन्यं (anyonyaṁ) - each other

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anyonya

anyonya - one another, each other

Note: Used adverbially to indicate reciprocal action.

तक्षमाणौ (takṣamāṇau) - cutting, wounding, hewing

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, dual of takṣamāṇa

takṣamāṇa - cutting, wounding, hewing (as an agent)

Present Active Participle (Śānac)

Derived from root takṣ.

Root: takṣ (class 1)

Note: Modifies the implied subject 'tau'.

महेषुभिः (maheṣubhiḥ) - with great arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of maheṣu

maheṣu - great arrow

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+iṣu)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• iṣu – arrow
  noun (masculine)

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