महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-158, verse-10

धृतराष्ट्र उवाच ।
दैवेनैव हता यूयं स्वबुद्ध्या केशवस्य च ।
गता हि वासवी हत्वा तृणभूतं घटोत्कचम् ॥१०॥

10. dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca ,
daivenaiva hatā yūyaṁ svabuddhyā keśavasya ca ,
gatā hi vāsavī hatvā tṛṇabhūtaṁ ghaṭotkacam.

10. dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ uvāca daivena eva hatā yūyam svabuddhyā
keśavasya ca gatā hi vāsavī hatvā tṛṇabhūtam ghaṭotkacam

10. dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ uvāca yūyam daivena eva svabuddhyā keśavasya
ca hatā hi vāsavī tṛṇabhūtam ghaṭotkacam hatvā gatā

10. Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: You (Kauravas) were indeed undone by destiny (daivam), by your own poor judgment, and by Keśava's (Krishna's) intellect; for the Vasavī (śakti) has indeed departed, having killed Ghaṭotkaca who was rendered as insignificant as a blade of grass.

Words meanings summery:

• धृतराष्ट्रः (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ) - Dhṛtarāṣṭra (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said

• दैवेन (daivena) - by destiny (daivam), by divine power

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• हता (hatā) - slain, destroyed, undone

• यूयम् (yūyam) - the Kauravas, addressed by Dhṛtarāṣṭra (you (plural))

• स्वबुद्ध्या (svabuddhyā) - by your (the Kauravas') own unwise judgment (by one's own intellect (buddhi), by one's own judgment)

• केशवस्य (keśavasya) - of Keśava, i.e., Krishna's (intellect/guidance is implied) (of Keśava (Krishna))

• च (ca) - and

• गता (gatā) - gone, departed

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• वासवी (vāsavī) - the Vasavī weapon, which Karṇa received from Indra (the Vasavī (śakti), Indra's weapon)

• हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed

• तृणभूतम् (tṛṇabhūtam) - having become like grass, rendered insignificant like a blade of grass

• घटोत्कचम् (ghaṭotkacam) - Ghaṭotkaca (proper name)

Words meanings and morphology

धृतराष्ट्रः (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ) - Dhṛtarāṣṭra (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhṛtarāṣṭra

dhṛtarāṣṭra - Dhṛtarāṣṭra (king of the Kauravas)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

दैवेन (daivena) - by destiny (daivam), by divine power

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of daiva

daiva - relating to gods, divine, destiny, fate

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

हता (hatā) - slain, destroyed, undone

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hata

hata - struck, killed, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agreeing with 'yūyam'.

यूयम् (yūyam) - the Kauravas, addressed by Dhṛtarāṣṭra (you (plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

स्वबुद्ध्या (svabuddhyā) - by your (the Kauravas') own unwise judgment (by one's own intellect (buddhi), by one's own judgment)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of svabuddhi

svabuddhi - one's own intellect, self-intellect

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+buddhi)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun
• buddhi – intellect, understanding
  noun (feminine)

केशवस्य (keśavasya) - of Keśava, i.e., Krishna's (intellect/guidance is implied) (of Keśava (Krishna))

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of keśava

keśava - epithet of Vishnu/Krishna

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

गता (gatā) - gone, departed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gata

gata - gone, departed, reached

Past Passive Participle

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agreeing with 'vāsavī'.

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

वासवी (vāsavī) - the Vasavī weapon, which Karṇa received from Indra (the Vasavī (śakti), Indra's weapon)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāsavī

vāsavī - relating to Vasu or Indra; a specific divine weapon (śakti) gifted by Indra

हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed

(indeclinable)

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Absolutive (gerund) form of the verb.

तृणभूतम् (tṛṇabhūtam) - having become like grass, rendered insignificant like a blade of grass

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tṛṇabhūta

tṛṇabhūta - become grass, like grass, insignificant

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tṛṇa+bhūta)

• tṛṇa – grass, blade of grass
  noun (neuter)
• bhūta – become, been, existing
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Qualifying Ghaṭotkaca.

घटोत्कचम् (ghaṭotkacam) - Ghaṭotkaca (proper name)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ghaṭotkaca

ghaṭotkaca - Ghaṭotkaca (son of Bhīma and Hiḍimbā)

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