महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-158, verse-17

भारद्वाजं जिघांसन्तौ सव्यसाचिवृकोदरौ ।
समार्छन्मामका युद्धे कथं संजय शंस मे ॥१७॥

17. bhāradvājaṁ jighāṁsantau savyasācivṛkodarau ,
samārchanmāmakā yuddhe kathaṁ saṁjaya śaṁsa me.

17. bhāradvājaṃ jighāṃsantau savyasācivṛkodarau
samārchan māmakāḥ yuddhe katham saṃjaya śaṃsa me

17. saṃjaya me śaṃsa bhāradvājaṃ jighāṃsantau
savyasācivṛkodarau māmakāḥ yuddhe katham samārchan

17. Sanjaya, tell me how my warriors (māmakāḥ) encountered Savyasācin (Arjuna) and Vṛkodara (Bhīma) in battle, as they were intent on slaying the son of Bharadvāja (Drona).

Words meanings summery:

• भारद्वाजं (bhāradvājaṁ) - the son of Bharadvāja (Drona) (son of Bharadvāja)

• जिघांसन्तौ (jighāṁsantau) - intending to kill, wishing to slay

• सव्यसाचिवृकोदरौ (savyasācivṛkodarau) - Arjuna (Savyasācin) and Bhima (Vṛkodara) (Savyasacin and Vrikodara)

• समार्छन् (samārchan) - they met, they encountered

• मामकाः (māmakāḥ) - my men, my warriors

• युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle, in war

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• संजय (saṁjaya) - Sanjaya (the narrator to Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (Sanjaya)

• शंस (śaṁsa) - tell, declare

• मे (me) - to me, for me

Words meanings and morphology

भारद्वाजं (bhāradvājaṁ) - the son of Bharadvāja (Drona) (son of Bharadvāja)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhāradvāja

bhāradvāja - descendant of Bharadvaja, Drona

जिघांसन्तौ (jighāṁsantau) - intending to kill, wishing to slay

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, dual of jighāṃsat

jighāṁsat - intending to kill

Desiderative Present Active Participle

derived from desiderative stem of root 'han' (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

सव्यसाचिवृकोदरौ (savyasācivṛkodarau) - Arjuna (Savyasācin) and Bhima (Vṛkodara) (Savyasacin and Vrikodara)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of savyasācivṛkodara

savyasācivṛkodara - Savyasācin and Vṛkodara

Compound type : dvandva (savyasācin+vṛkodara)

• savyasācin – Arjuna (one who can shoot with the left hand)
  proper noun (masculine)
• vṛkodara – Bhima (wolf-bellied)
  proper noun (masculine)

समार्छन् (samārchan) - they met, they encountered

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of sam-ṛch

Prefix: sam

Root: ṛch (class 6)

मामकाः (māmakāḥ) - my men, my warriors

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of māmaka

māmaka - mine, my own, my people

युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle, in war

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, fight, war

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

संजय (saṁjaya) - Sanjaya (the narrator to Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (Sanjaya)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of saṃjaya

saṁjaya - Sanjaya

शंस (śaṁsa) - tell, declare

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of śaṃs

Root: śaṃs (class 1)

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Here used in dative sense (to me)

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